Anglican

King Henry VIII separated the English Church from the Catholic Church when the pope refused to grant King Henry a divorce. By forming a separate church, of which he was the head, he could grant himself a divorce.

As with many large organizations, even religious ones, are run by humans. People sin in any number of ways, and people run churches. Greed, immorality, and unlawful conduct is no stranger to organized religion. But the worst crime is to adopt doctrines of man instead of obeying God's doctrines, and leading millions of people to stray from the truth of God's word.

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They are called Anglicans. In the US they are often called Episcopalians.

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The Catholic Church is the oldest single Christian denomination, founded when Jesus told Peter "Though art the rock, and upon thee I will build me church". The Fourth Watch is a latter day Pentecostal church. The difference between them is almost impossible to describe, but to give you an idea: Think of the Catholic Church as ballroom dancing. Think of the Fourth Watch

as disco dancing. I am at a loss to explain the difference any better than that.

Yes, The Virgin Mary IS venerated in the Anglican Church. The Anglican Church is very similar to the Catholic Church.

The Church of England did not break away from the Eastern Orthodox Church, it broke from the Roman Catholic Church in 1534.

Seperatists, otherwise ,known as Independants, Calvinists, Baptist and Congregationalists. There was another sect as well, Romanists!

In Greek mythology, the coins were so the souls could pay the cost for Charon to ferry them across the River Styx.

Different cultures have different reasons for doing this. It is a custom in some cultures to place coins on the eyelids of the dead to keep their eyes closed.

The custom is thought to have begun for cosmetic reasons. When a person dies, in a short time their eyes sink far back into their head as they dehydrate, causing the face to present an appearance that many people find disturbing. Placing coins over the eye sockets covered the eyes and made the visage less unpleasant for the bereaved. Nowadays morticians slip plastic fillers behind the eyelids to eliminate this effect.

Yes he was a priest.

Yes.

1. According to S. Dorotheus of Tyre, [M. & Saint,] The Church was brought to Britain by S.Simon Zelotes, just after the death of his brother Christ!

2. S. Aristobulos was first Bishop of the Church in Britain.

3. S.Albanicus the Wise, [Gildas,] a Celtic Historian claims that,"Christ, the True Sun affords His light, the knowledge of His precepts, to our Island in the last year, as we know of Tiberius Caesar."

[This would make the year app, 37 AD.]

4. According to Father Estell a Roman scholar, There was at least one British Bishop at the Council of Nice 325AD.

5. British Bishops ,of York, of London and Caerleon were present at the Church Council of Arles AD, 314.

Others at Sardica in Illyria, AD 347;Ariminium, in Italy 359 AD;

These are just a few of the highlights from the early days of the Catholic Church in this country and highlight the fact that the Church in Britain was not here in name only but was deeply involved in the development of the ancient faith.

The Church arrived in Britain very early on after the death of Christ! It was suggested that it was brought by His brother, S. Simon Zelotes! The First Bishop was , we are told, Aristobulos, a friend of S.Paul's.

This was the Catholic Church and in the Emperor Constantine's reign he established the Catholic Church throughout the Roman Empire!

Early in Henry's reign he was fearful,[Gee , Hist of Ref.] of a Lutheran takeover and this is why the Anglican Church became the state church! According to historians, [see above,] the Church in England was massively popular and this was a measure that meant little to anyone , at this time. For the state in most countries was very much in control!

Because his beliefs were basically Catholic all along. He tried for ages to pretend that he could stay Anglican. He even wrote "Tract 90" which argued that the Anglican 39 Articles of Religion could be understood to allow Catholic beliefs. But the tract was panned by critics for its dishonest arguments. Eventually Newman had to admit that his beliefs were incompatible with Anglicanism, and he converted to Catholicism.

Yes, very much so. There are several Anglican orders of monks and nuns, who live in community similarly to Catholic monks and nuns. For example, the Anglican Benedictine Order is thriving within the Anglican Church. In all there are over a dozen male monastic orders within the Anglican Church worldwide, split into many more communities, around fifty female orders and around eight or so mixed orders, all split into many communities worldwide. However, unlike Catholic orders, Anglican orders are less strict, and follow the Anglican doctrine rather than Catholic dogma. There are currently about 2,400 monks and nuns in the Anglican communion, about 55% of whom are women and 45% of whom are men. Anglicans recognise saints too - most Anglican Churches are dedicated to a particular saint (eg, there are many dedicated to St Andrew, St Philip, St John etc). Another example is St Paul's Cathedral in London which, as well as being the Cathedral Church of North London, is primarily an Anglican Church. Also, special days are set aside within the Church's calendar where special prayers are said in thanksgiving for the saint's life (usually the day that the saint was born or died). The big difference, however, between Anglicans and Catholics is that, except for the small Catholic wing of the Anglican Church, Anglicans do not 'pray' to saints or ask saints to 'pray' for them in heaven, as Catholics would. Nor do they ask the saints to be mediators between God and us. Neither to they revere the relics of saints as something sacred. On the whole, Anglicans regard such practices as verging on necromancy and idolatry, and their practice is forbidden in the 39 Articles of Faith as laid down when the Church was founded. Anglicans believe in Biblical teaching that we have but one Mediator - Jesus Christ - and therefore, whilst recognising the Communion of Saints that have gone before, do not pray to, revere, plead with, or ask for intercession of the saints or any other practice common in the Catholic Church which is unBiblical and, as the 39 Articles state, are "rather abhorrent to God".

Henry viii completed the oath of supremacy by 1534.

I am guessing that you mean King Tutankhamun, who was a very famous king/pharoah in Ancient Egypt. He was also known as the "Boy King" as he mysteriously died after being king for 9 years when he was just 18 or 19 years old. His tomb was discovered by Howard Carter on November 4, 1922, and this is how Carter became so famous.

Just another piece of interesting information - Tutankhamun's name means image (tut) of a living (ankh meaning "life") god (amun).

England and Germany

Yes. The Church of England is part of the worldwide Anglican communion.

The parishioners in the pews will naturally be facing the altar by design in most church sanctuaries. You are singing praise to God (Gloria = glory - Patri = father), but there is no reason why people couldn't be facing each other ... it's a wonderful expression of joy to share amongst the greater community of faith ... and "witnessing" to each other can be just as meaningful.

It is impossible to stereotype what White Anglo Saxons believe, but Protestants believe in Protestantism, which came out of the Roman Catholic church during the Reformation.

Nobody did - it may be the established Church but that is because the state recognises it as such, not because there was any Act to declare it so.

In Greek mythology, Hades (their version of the underworld), had 5 rivers; one of them being the Styx. Dead souls had to cross it once they left the realm of the living and the only way was on the boat of Charon. The ancient Greeks would put coins on the eyes of their dead so they could pay the boatman to ensure safe passage across the river, and that they would not be left behind.