What was the name of the church that England created when they broke away from the Roman Catholic Church?

Answer 1

It was still the Church of England because King Henry only wanted to divorce his wife but the Pope would not allow him.



Anglican Catholic Answer


There was no Church created in England and England was never part of the Roman Catholic Church. The Church in England was some 1500 years old and was a particular church within the Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church. She never broke away from it. The only Church that was created around this time was the Holy Roman Church and this stemmed from the Council of Trent, (1564,) arriving in England in 1570 AD, as part of the failed Coup by the papacy, this was some 12 years after Eliza's accession to the throne and Henry was long dead.
?Roman Catholic AnswerIts name was and is The Church of England. All the Catholic bishops, save one, refused to go along with the suppression of the Church and allegiance to the new church established by the King. The faithful were denied the sacraments and forced, legally, to attend Protestant services. The practice of the Catholic faith was forbidden by law, and many people were martyred. All Catholic property from parish churches to monasteries were seized by the King.

from A Catholic Dictionary, edited by Donald Attwater, Second edition, revised 1957

The Church of England is the official name of the official established religion of the realm of England; it is a form of Protestantism that evolved and took shape from 1535 onwards, and was definitely established by an act of parliament called the Act of Uniformity, which took effect from June 24, 1559, and by the Act of Supremacy of the same year which denied the ecclesiastical supremacy of the Holy See and vested all English ecclesiastical jurisdiction in the Crown. The act of Uniformity imposed use of the second Prayer Book of Edward VI on the clergy and attendance at its service on the laity. The primatial see of Canterbury was vacant, but all the bishops except one refused compliance with these acts and their sees were declared vacant. A new hierarchy was then formed, from the bishops of which subsequent Anglican orders are derived. In 1563 the new church adopted certain articles of religion known as the Thirty-Nine Articles which confirmed its Protestant character and its dependence on the state; in practice, bishops of this church are nominated by the prime minster, who consults the ecclesiastical dignitaries. The Church of England is in possession of the buildings, properties and endowments which were provided for Catholic usages: the same is true of the Protestant Churches of Ireland and Wales, which are now disestablished, and of the Established Church of Scotland, which is presbyterian in organization.