Both and neither.
Although the Church of England broke ties from Rome in the 16th century it is not considered "protestant" in the same way as "Presbyterians" are.
The Church of England (Anglican Church) is connected to its ancient Catholic heritage. The Anglican Church Celebrates the sacraments, and most importantly the Holy Eucharist.
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Church of England was established by Henry VIII. The critical distinction is that the Pope is head of the Catholic Church whereas the present King of Queen of England as the head of the Church of England. The present head of the Church of England is her Britannic Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
3rd Answer
Whilst the Church of England was certainly ,'Established,' by Henry the 8th, it was simply a gesture that legitimised, as it were, the custom and practice of some 1500 years.
The Church of England was the Catholic Communion in this country and the Edict of Milan [311/13.] made the Catholic Church legal throughout the Roman Empire it began a move that assumed the establishment of the Church throughout the Roman Realm!
In Britain, then England this attitude grew, through the moves in early Synods of the Saxon Church and was carried on till Henry put it in to a law. The Monarch was always the Civil Head of the Church as being the Chief magistrate and this was just as real with the papacy in his own country in Northern Italy where the Bishop of Rome held civil power as well as religious authority!
As to the head of the Catholic Church? We are made members of the Catholic Church by baptism, it is referred to as the Body of Christ and we as members of Christ and Children of God! The Pope is not the Head of the Catholic Church, an error, but he is the Patriarch of the West! This is an honorary administrative post given to him , as Bishop of Rome, just as the Bishop of Constantinople was made Patriarch of the East, [for fully political reasons in both cases,] by the Ecumenical Councils.
The church of England or Anglican church is not Catholic. it is Protestant, and the Queen is NOT the chief magistrate, the Pope is acknowledged by the world as the Head of The Catholic Church, if he is not who is ?
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Anglican (Protestant)
No WAY!!! The Anglican church is probably one of the closER Protestant "branch religions" to the Catholic Church, but it is still a Protestant religion. The Anglican church is missing some of the MOST key factors that "make" the Catholic Church Catholic. So "no, they are most definitely NOT the same."
It was a Protestant service - Church of England or Anglican.
Roman Catholic AnswerNo one, the Catholic Church cannot be "combined" with anything. The Anglican Church is a protestant church that was formed by Henry VIII as he left the Catholic Church and then it was established by Parliament under his daughter, Elizabeth I.
Christian. With both protestant and catholic influences.
The Church of England is a protestant church, it practices Anglican Christianity, which is a whole range of protestant religious flavors from High Church Anglican - which lookslike Catholic to Low Church Anglican which looks like the Methodists.
Bono is a member of the Anglican Church of Ireland, his father was Catholic.
At first glance many people think a Catholic Protestant is a contadiction in terms. However there are Protestant (or Reformed) people and churches that identify as Catholic but not Roman Catholic. Catholic means 'universal' or 'general', so some Protestants regard themselves as catholic in the sense of being part of the universal church of Christ. There is also an Anglican church not centred on the Archbishop of Canterbury or the Anglican Communion called the Anglican Catholic Church. The Anglican Communion itself points out that a Catholic that follows the Bishop of Rome (usually called the Pope) is a Roman Catholic where-as they identify as Anglican Catholic. To quote the Anglican Church of Ireland website:"The Church of Ireland is Catholic because it is in possession of a continuous tradition of faith and practice, based on Scripture and early traditions, enshrined in the Catholic Creeds, together with the sacraments and apostolic ministry.".Catholic AnswerA Catholic Protestant remains an oxymoron as there is only one Catholic Church - by Our Blessed Lord's own definition - and a protestant, by definition, is someone whose religion is protesting the Catholic Church. Redefining terms and saying that all truth is relative helps no one, and doesn't make any sense anyway.
No, it was Anglican, Episcopal- C.O.E. ( in this context Church of England), which is a protestant church.
At first glance many people think a Catholic Protestant is a contadiction in terms. However there are Protestant (or Reformed) people and churches that identify as Catholic but not Roman Catholic. Catholic means 'universal' or 'general', so some Protestants regard themselves as catholic in the sense of being part of the universal church of Christ. There is also an Anglican church not centred on the Archbishop of Canterbury or the Anglican Communion called the Anglican Catholic Church. The Anglican Communion itself points out that a Catholic that follows the Bishop of Rome (usually called the Pope) is a Roman Catholic where-as they identify as Anglican Catholic. To quote the Anglican Church of Ireland website:"The Church of Ireland is Catholic because it is in possession of a continuous tradition of faith and practice, based on Scripture and early traditions, enshrined in the Catholic Creeds, together with the sacraments and apostolic ministry.".Catholic AnswerA Catholic Protestant remains an oxymoron as there is only one Catholic Church - by Our Blessed Lord's own definition - and a protestant, by definition, is someone whose religion is protesting the Catholic Church. Redefining terms and saying that all truth is relative helps no one, and doesn't make any sense anyway.
Catholic AnswerElizabeth was brought up outside the Catholic Church in Henry VIII's newly formed Anglican Church. She was a strong supporter of the Anglican Church as the Catholic Church never recognized her mother as a wife of Henry and so she, Elizabeth, as illegitimate, could not legally sit on the throne of England.