Anglican

On 12 March 1994, the first 32 women were ordained as Church of England priests. The service was officiated by Bishop Barry Rogerson in Bristol Cathedral. As they were ordained in alphabetical order Angela Berners-Wilson is considered to be the first female priest to be ordained in the Church of England

The same as most Christian churches. Some Christians regard practising homosexuality as a sin, as it is condemned both in the Mosaic law of the Old testament in the Bible but also in the New Testament by Paul in his letters. It depends upon how these verses are interpreted. Some Christians tolerate homosexuality, and to some it is an irrelevance. However, even for those regarding homosexuality as a sin, homosexuals are still welcomed into church membership as Christ's teaching says that we should love the sinner whilst hating the sin. Just because of a person's sexuality, this should in no way make him or her ostracised by fellow Christians who should, if they are following Christ's teaching, welcome him or her with love. The official line of the Anglican church is that within church membership homosexuality is accepted - even if regarded as a sin - for we are all sinners in the light of Christ's perfection, and we are called not to judge others. The problem arises if that homosexual is to be appointed in a position of authority within the church. If a church leader (such as a minister or bishop) is to profess belief in Christian marriage as God's ideal to which we should aspire in sexual relations, then, if that same leader is having affairs outside marriage, or living 'in sin' as it used to be called, with a member of the opposite sex to whom he or she is not married and with whom he or she is having sexual relations, then his or her position within the church is untenable as he or she is opening up the possibility of being called a hypocrite. People in caring and vocational professions such as a minister need to have a minimum of moral standard if they are to perform appropriately and not be accused of abusing the trust in them. Doctors who need to examine naked women professionally cannot, morally, have sexual realtionships with them. The young schoolteacher cannot make advances towards his younger, impressionable pupil. Similarly the Church leadership cannot aspire to be holy in their lives if they are having sexual relationships outside Christian marriage and therefore to have a hetero- or homo- sexual relationship outside marriage is seen as inappropriate. As marriage is not possible for homosexuals (civil partnership, though legal, is not Christian marriage), then any practising homosexual relationship is inappropriate for a church leader. There are many church leaders, however, that are homosexual by nature. But this is not seen as a sin - only if the leader is practising his or her homosexuality. So if a leader, such as a bishop, is a homosexual but celibate then that is accepted by the Church of England. If the bshop is heterosexual and in a monogamous marriage with his wife then this is also acceptable (unlike the Roman Catholic Church which does not allow clergy to gget married). However, if that bishop is in an openly active sexual relationship with either a woman who is not his wife, or within a homosexual relationship with another man, this is totally inapppropriate. At present the Church of England and the Anglican Church worldwide is in the middle of a crisis because the rules governing sexuality that have been adopted by the Church worldwide have been broken by the Episcopalian Church of the USA (the Anglican Church in America) in the appointment of an openly gay bishop who has admitted a sexual relationship with his gay partner. The African Church and many other provinces of the Church of England have denounced this appointment as it breaks both the Church Law and the teaching of Christ on marriage and sexuality, whilst liberals within the church have accepted the new bishop. The debate continues, but the official line is what is set out above - homosexuals are accepted into the church with open arms, but if they are considered for a position of leadership, if they continue to have such sexual relationships (or if they have heterosexual or bisexual relationships outside marriage) then their behaviour is deemed inappropriate. But the teaching of Jesus remains supreme in all this: hate the sin - but don't judge and love the sinner as you would love yourself.

As for the buildings - most types of Anglican church buildings are similar to other denominations - at one end there is a Communion table (called 'altar in RC churches) at which the bread and wine are shared during Communion services. In the same area is a communion rail where believers receive the bread and wine whilst kneeling. In addition there will be a pulpit fromwhere the sermon is preached, a lectern from where the Bible is read, a font for baptisms and a means of creating music -- usually an organ or a piano, or space for musicians. All Anglican churches have these common things - but some have them to a greater or less degree with regard to ornateness, size and so on. As for the types of churches (as bodies of people) then the Anglican Church is very broad. At one end, there are charmatic evangelical Anglicans whose worship is similar to the Pentecostal Church where gifts of the Spirit ( especially prophesy and speaking in tongues) are important. The style of worship will have modern music and there will be a great deal of arm waving and even liturgical dance. At the other extreme there is the Anglo-Catholic wing where the 'High Church' Anglican is more reminiscent of Roman Catholic worship where the use of older music, and a great deal of ceremony with incense, lavish robes and so on create a mysterious ambiene to accompany the worship. Within these two extremes are the majority of Anglican churches where traditional services (like Morning prayer, Evening prayer and Holy Communion) are common, and where there is, perhaps, a little of the two extremes in worship, but the use of charismatic liturgy or Roman ceremony is very limited or non-existent. Unlike some denominations, the Anglican Church is not split into further subdivisions that have little to do with one another. The international Anglican Church consists of local groups of churches (eg The Church of England, The Church in Wales, The Episcopal Church in the USA) all of which are in full communion with each other across the Anglican Church worldwide.

Anglicanism also known as Church of England is Denomination of the christian faith and as such its belifes values and litagy are based upon the bible.

In a Catholic church, the priest can not actually stop a person from taking communion during the mass, so really any one can go up and take communion. Now people in the Episcopal church and Catholic church both believe in Transubstantiation. This is the idea that the bread and wine are turned into the body and blood of Christ by God when the priest prays to God to do so. That is the main reason why the Catholic church does not want other Christians to receive communion if they are attending a Catholic church because most Protestant sects only see the bread and wine as symbols, and do not believe in Transubstantiation. But since Episcopals believe in it, they should be able to take communion in a Catholic church without that problem.

In 1976, the General Convention of the Episcopal Church declared that "homosexual persons are children of God who have a full and equal claim with all other persons upon the love, acceptance, and pastoral concern and care of the Church". Since then, faithful Episcopalians have been working toward a greater understanding and radical inclusion of all of God's children.

A series of laws that established the Church of England as the official religion of England and required the use of the Book of Common Prayer.

Yes. The number of religious orders is constantly changing. You will want to see the website below. Here are a few of the orders/communities that follow the Rule of St. Augustine:

1) The Oratory of St. Augustine - (see links below)

2) Society of the Precious Blood, Burnham Abbey - (see links below)

3) Society of the Holy Cross (Seoul, Korea) - (see links below)

Baptism (or 'Christening') of a child is the sacrament whereby the child is welcomed into the Christian church worldwide, and not into any particular denomination. One is not baptised a 'Catholic' a 'Methodist' or an 'Anglican'. One is baptised a Christian. Some denominations practice baptism of children (most notably Catholics), some only have adult baptism (Baptists) and some baptise both (Anglicans, Methodists). Some denominations do not have baptism at all (eg Salvationists) but have their own welcoming ceremony instead. So it makes not a scrap of difference whether or not your child is baptised a Catholic or an Anglican (despite what your Catholic priest might say!) - one is baptised into the Christian Church first and foremost. (Note that the only problem would come if the church into which they were baptised wasn't orthodox Christian - such as the Mormon Church, but that was not the question posed by the asker). So, if a member of any Christian denomination says that his or her baptism ceremony is more valid that anyone elses is not only telling an untruth, but going against all that Jesus himself taught. Baptism of your child into the Christian Church is what is important. The style of service that is used is a matter of personal preference but comes a very poor second. The main problem with Catholic baptism is that the Roman Catholic church considers itself the one, true, church (cf the Pope's statement earlier in 2008) - as do, of course, the Mormons, Moonies, and Jehovah's Witnesses (who is right then??). This is despite the heresies that the Catholic Church maintains, including purgatory, limbo, praying to saints, over-adulation of the Virgin Mary, celibacy of the priesthood and the infallibility of the Pope, as just a few examples, none of which are scriptural, and many of which are actually condemned (such as contacting the dead by praying to dead saints) by the Bible and stated in the Bible as abhorent to God. The Catholic excuse that these doctrines have been 'revealed' through tradition (similar to the heretical doctrines that have crept into, by revelation' what we regard nowadays as sects, and, if not based on the Bible and what scripture teaches, can be regarded as no more than vain invention by man). There is even a movement in the Catholic Church of making Mary 'co-redemptrix' with Jesus - ie also responsible for Human salvation, which goes contrary to all the Bible teaches. The Catholic Church, whilst still maintaining the arrogant view that it is still the 'one, true' church despite all these heresies and more, regards all other churches as other 'religions' despite the fact that the Catholic church is as far removed from the original Christian Church as many of the most heretical sects thoughout the last 2000 years. Thus, the Catholic Church will regard, wrongly, that baptism into the Catholic Church is the only true baptism, and that all true baptism is really Catholic baptism, despite the fact that other denominations practice valid baptism into the worldwide Christian Church. Baptism is a sacrament given to us and instituted by our Lord Jesus Christ, and not invented by the Catholic Church. So, what is important is baptism per se, not baptism in any particular denomination of church. Therefore for any deomination to suggest that its baptism is 'better' or 'more valid' or 'truer' than any other, or that its baptism is the baptism of the 'true' church is actually the height of arrogance, contrary to scripture, and rather abhorrent to God. === === You can have your child baptized in the Catholic Church provided you supply Catholic godparents who will raise the child according to the Catholic Faith. The Catholic Church believes in only one baptism: any valid baptism is a Christian baptism and since the Catholic Church identifies itself as the true Christian Church, any valid baptism is a Catholic baptism, regardless of the minister - even an atheist or someone in horrible mortal sins can validly baptize another in an emergency, and this baptism makes the soul a member of the Church. Thus every person who is validly baptized is baptized Catholic, regardless of minister or denomination and as such, the baptized is obliged to learn true Christian doctrine, the repository of which is contained in the Catholic Church of which the ministers have both the orders and authority to teach it. Contrary to the above position, it does matter in which Church one is baptized for if it is not in the true Church the child will grow up and lose the sanctifying grace supplied by the baptism by absorbing the religion that has taken the sacrament outside of the Church and learning heretical doctrines. As well, the means to grow and regain grace should it be lost through sin, that is the other sacraments, can only be provided by a validly ordained minister, and these will not be accessible to that soul.

Yes. The churchwarden is the oldest elected office in the UK. The churchwarden is elected as the diocesan bishop's representative in the parish. Note the word parish. The office of churchwarden is a parish office and not exclusively a church office. This is why, at the annual church meeting, the meeting should be split into two parts, the first part being the election of churchwardens, at which anyone in the parish has the right to attend and vote - or to stand as churchwarden, and the second part of the meeting, which is exclusively open to churchgoers only (or to others only by invitation) where the other business is completed like the election of council members, financial and other reports, and so on. So theoretically (although not likely in practice) a churchwarden could be elected who never attends church and is simply electable by virtue that he or she lives in the parish. There is, however, a 'get-out clause if the vicar or rector finds himself (or herself) having to have two wardens who are non-church members. In such a scenario the incumbent is allowed to appoint one of the wardens without election. This ensures that, if such a bizarre eection of two wardens should occur, then at least one warden would be on the same wavelength as the vicar. Therefore, there is no reason why a person paid by the church should not stand for election as churchwarden. The 'paid member of the church' and 'churchwarden' roles are totally separate. I was a paid organist for many years at my last church; and I was a council member and did a stint as churchwarden without any problems at all. Any parishioners questioning such an appointment should be referred to the Canon Law of the Church of England, or the PCC Handbook (available from Amazon) where it clearly states that there should be no bar to holding office if you are a paid church member.

the name Edwin came from old English meaning rich friend.

hen you receive the wafer at communion in the Anglican church, you simply say, "Amen". This is the same in most Christian Churches.

Gods will is what he wants for u for example ex:god wants Lydia to be a doctor that's his will

And the meaning is ex:

god wont tell Lydia to be a doctor if she cant physhicaly or mentaly

do that

for instanse god wont tell u to stand in a lake if its to high for u to stand up in get it if u have any more quetsions just ask me!

It's not wrong, they both worship the same God, however they can't really take communion in each others churches. Also, you can not use attendance at an Anglican service to take the the place of the requirement to attend a Catholic Mass on Sunday.

This is a poem by Mary L Duncan. It goes: I thank Thee, Lord, for quiet rest, And for Thy care of me; O let me through this day be blest And kept from harm by Thee.

The Anglican Church originated in an upper room in Jerusalem some short time after the Crucifixion of Our Lord. It arrived in Britain quite early after this event!

Dorotheus of Tyre, 303 AD, comments that it was brought by S.Simon Zelotes, the brother of Our Lord, he mentions that the First Bishop was S. Aristobulos, who is mentioned by S. Paul in Romans!

A Christian! The Church is not the entire Church but simply an outshowing of the Body of Christ. It is simply that part of the Church in England, a Communion of believers.

It can be called many things, one typical word used for a liturgical procession is "Cortege".

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King Henry VIII added the doxology to the Lord's prayer: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Many people no longer include the doxology as part of the Lord's prayer.

It became the Episcopal Church in the United States of America after the Revolutionary War.

in 1533 Henry VIII of England annuls his marriage.

Since he needs a male heir, he wanted to marry Anne Boleyn. Impatient with the pope's unwillingness to annul his marriage to Catherine, Henry turned to England's own church courts.