The same as the use of a Catholic altar..
it is the most important furniture peice in the church. It represents God's prescence with a cross or crucifix. Holy Communion is performed by the altar, as well as other religious ceremonies.
Catholic,orthodox,protestant,and anglican is the main groups of christanity
Christianity. The 2 largest are the Anglican Church and the Methodist Church. The Roman Catholics are large as well.
If you mean South Island, New Zealand. It is largely Protestant, mostly Anglican, Methodist and Presbyterian.
The Presbyterian Church of Wales is the largest denomination, followed by The Church in Wales ( Anglican), with the Catholic Church the third largest.
The main difference is the authority of the pope. Catholics accept it, Protestants and Orthodox don't. There are some differences in the cannon (list of books) included in the Old Testament (although they all have the same New Testament). There are several different types of Protestant religions (Lutheran, Methodist, Anglican, etc) which have differences between themselves and differences between Catholic/Orthodox. So complicated to get into more specifics.
According to the CIA World Factbook, they are 23% Anglican, 15% Roman Catholic, 11% percent African Methodist Episcopal, and 51% atheist, ethnic, and other.
There are three major splits in Christianity: Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, and Protestantism Some of the main Protestant denominations are: Anabaptist Anglican Baptist Episcopalian Lutheran Methodist Pentecostal Presbyterian
Orthodox ChristianityTheir main religion is Orthodox Christianity.
Anglican.
Anglican
An altar is actually called "the altar", although if there are many altars in a Church, they may be called by a specific name, like the main altar, the high altar, the side altar, the Blessed Virgin Mary altar, the altar of repose, the Blessed Sacrament altar, the St. Joseph altar, etc.
Canterbury Cathedral in Kent is the HQ of the world-wide Anglican Church.