Who established the Anglican church in England?

Answer 1

Who founded the Anglican church?

King Henry VIII

A common error! The Anglican Church is that Church which began its life in an upper room in Jerusalem soon after the death of Christ, when the Holy Ghost descended upon the Apostles and Disciples as recorded in the Scriptures. [Acts 2.] It wasn't all of that Church, but a showing forth in the British Isles. When it arrived in Britain we do not know! Albanicus the Wise, a Celtic Historian in the 5th, Century told us that ,"Christ the true Son afforded His Light, the knowledge of His precepts ,to our Island in the last year, as we know, of Tiberious Caesar. " [approx, 37AD.] An amazing claim, but one that was attested to in the middle ages when the English Church was allowed precedence on account of her early provenance! At the Council of Whitby in 644 AD, the decision was taken to pattern Church life more on the style of Continental Christians rather than the style they were used to! The social system at this time was one founded on an agricultural style and the Church's life suited this. But times were changing and in 689 AD, the English Kings sought a new leader and were rewarded by the Patriarch of the West sending an experienced bishop of Greek birth to be the new Archbishop of Canterbury! He carried out a complete re-organisation of the Church from the ground floor and it is from this time that the new organisation , whilst remaining Catholic, was known as the Church of England. Not all the Church followed the course of events set in motion by Whitby and there was from that time a schism in the Church that lasted about two hundred years till the remaining Celtic hardliners rejoined the major group!. It was in the middle of the 8th, Century that the term Anglican, or English began to be used as a name for the Church in this country. It was used by Bede in his history and we find it being used in 1215 AD in the Magna Charter as a term for the Church of the English!

According to The Archbishop of Tyre, 303 AD. the Catholic Faith was brought here by S. Simon Zelote, the Brother of Christ. The First Bishop was Aristobulos a friend of S.Paul's who is mentioned in Romans. Albanicus the Wise, a Celtic Historian the Church was in Britain in 37AD. This is supported by Canons at the medieval latin Councils granting England the precedence on account of her pre=eminence regarding her early presence.

Another Perspective

King Henry VIII requested that Pope permit him to divorce his wife and marry his mistress. The Pope refused and Henry married his mistress anyway and renounced Catholicism. He removed England from the Pope's control, seized many of the Church's assets and declared himself to be the head of the Church. Henry's repudiation of papal authority led to the Church of England's existence as a separate entity: a new branch of the Christian Church that was neither Catholic nor Protestant but a hybrid that became known as the Anglican Church or the Church of England. It became official in 1536. Henry funded the first printing of The Bible in English to spite the Pope.

Answer 2

Henry the Eighth. He didn't however start it, it is an out showing of the Catholic Church. Henry simply made official something that had been accepted for some 1500yrs, give and take!

He made it illegal, as far as I understand, to organize another religion within England. This was probably aimed at the Lutheran experiment that was growing.

Additional Information:You have to understand that the Anglican Church is a Communion of Catholic Believers within the Body of Christ, here on earth. It doesn't claim to be the whole Church, just a Communion of the faithful. This understood, it will not surprise you be told that the Church in Britain was first established in 312, by the Christian Emperor, Constantine . It was done when Constantine Established the whole Christian/ Catholic Church.

It remained established throughout the 1200 years between Constantine and Henry VIII. At no time did it mean that the Catholic Kings could interfere in spiritual matters, their province was the interplay between the law s of the State and the behavior of the Church!

During the Reformation the success of the Reformed, was such that a great deal of Europe was in danger. In England, the King in the earlier years of the English Reformation had an enormous angst concerning the infiltration of Lutheran,[chiefly,] thought in to the country. He feared what would happen when he died, would the ancient faith stand the strain? In an effort to protect the Church ,he once again established the Church and so the deed would be known and understood, it was entered within the Book of statutes! Henry thought that it would simply give protection to the Church in England.

Answer 3

the founder of the church of England is Henry VIII

Sadly I have to disagree with the above statement! I notice there is no proof offered and both Holy Tradition and Church history are ignored when the subject is discussed.

The Church in England arrived here in the months after the death of Christ! The Latin Councils of the middle ages , four at least give England the precedence because of its early provenance. Where, I wonder, does this idea arise

Answer 4

King Henry VIII founded the Anglican Church. King Henry VIII was a member of the Roman Catholic Church and did not support Martin Luther's protestant reformation. He founded the Anglican Church so that he could divorce his wife which the Roman Catholic Church would not allow.

Answer 5

King Henry VIII

Anglican Catholic Answer!

The answer above is wrong!

First of all ,"Anglicanism,' was brought to Britain from Palestine by S,Simon Zelotes, Brother of Christ! At least that is what the early Catholic Church tells us! [S. Dorotheus of Tyre.] WE are also told that the First Bishop was S. Aristobulos, Brother to another apostle!

If Anglicanism, was created, it must have been by the Holy Ghost! The Name first appeared in 750AD, when it was used as a title to A History of the English People! "Ecclesia Anglicana"! It was later used in the Great Charter of 1215, when in that document the Church of the English was translated Ecclesia Anglicana.

The Catholics at that time held to the Revelation of Christ, Scriptures and the Holy fathers through the Seven Councils. All of which goes to substantiate the Anglican Church to be the Church in England. A term it has used since 1215!

Answer 6

King Henry VIII created the Anglican Church in 1584. He wanted to divorce his wife Queen Catherine of Aragon because she wouldn't proudce a male heir. But the pope wouldn't allow him to do so. So he made his own church with him the head of the church so he could divorce her.

Answer 7

The modern Anglican Church was pretty much established by Elizabeth I and Parliament; it came out of her father, Henry VIII's break with Rome.

Answer 8

King Henry VIII founded the church in 1584.

Answer 9

King Henry VIII