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Anglican
The word Anglican describes those churches, institutions, and people following the religious concepts and traditions founded by the Church of England. Most Anglicans are members of churches that are part of the international Anglican Communion.
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Why did puritans want to pure the Anglican church?
The puritans were a group of English Protestants that were dissatisfied with the Church of England. These people were named "Puritans" because of their goal, to "purify" the Church of England and to make it less like the Roman Church. They felt the morals were incorrect and all other traditions.
Netherlands have distinct percentages of religions, like Roman Catholic (25%), Irreligious (50%), Muslim (5%), Dutch Reformed Church (7%), Protestant Church in the Netherlands (7%) and other religions (6%).
What king started the church of England?
Henry V111 founded the church of England so that he could divorce his wife.
Who was murdered on Canterbury Cathedral?
That Archbishop was Martin Luther who was killed because before when the churches started to get money by cheating a man from Germany called Martin Luther said things like the churches shouldn't do that but then Luther became the first ever Protestant but then Henry 8 wanted to get rid of this guy so they were sent to kill him and they found him in the church praying so they dragged him but he hung onto a pillar so the 4 knignts stabbed him
What was the date when King Henry VIII started his own church?
between 1534 and 1536. he created the church because of his divorce to Catherine of Aragon for Anne Boleyn. Catherine was a parth of the Catholic church, so this led the king to split with the Catholic Church and found his own church, the Church of England, which in turn set the stage for the English Reformation and for religious battles which lasted for centuries.
Why did Henry reform the Church of England?
In England, the Reformation had gained hold in certain areas. The Catholic monasteries in England were also corrupt and conning money out of the poor by claiming, for example, to have this relic or another relic from a long-dead saint - most of which were fake. The corruption of the monasteries was a threat to the very fabric of England and Henry was therefore compelled by his subjects to dissolve them - much to Pope's anger. Relations with the Pope were at straining point and the Pope's refusal to annul Henry's marriage to Anne Boleyn (and not to grant a 'divorce') caused Henry to split from Rome and form his own Catholic Church with Christ at the head (and not the Pope) with himself as 'Supreme Governor' on earth. Since then every British monarch has had this position. The result of Henry's split was excommunication by the Pope.
Henry lived and died a Catholic, but Protestantism eventually became a way of life in England after the ruthless and bloody reign of his daughter Mary who attempted to restore catholicism cruelly murdering hundreds of clergy and others who attempted to stand in her way. It wasn't until her death and her younger sister Elizabeth I's accession to the throne that Protestant England settled down to peace. Unlike the Protestants of Europe, The Church of England
- retained apostolic succession through the bishops, and
- retained other sacramental worship, baptisms, the Eucharist and so on.
However, thanks to the
- Book of Common Prayer and the
- King James Bible translated after Elizabeth's death,
the common man could understand services and read the scriptures for himself, instead on having to rely on a priest to tell him what to believe.
What did Henry VIII do to English churches?
he made the priests wear plain robes and took away all decoration and color from the church. there were to be no candles, or even crosses were allowed at services.
Henry also ordered for the stained glass windows to be takendown and destroyed.
Anglican Catholic Answer!
I think you've got the wrong chap, it was Henry's son, Edward VI and his Calvinist friends who ruined the place. Henry supported a theory that went back before the Norman Conquest where authority was held by the Bishops through the Ecumenical Councils, very much as the Orthodox and traditional Anglicans do today! It has been described as Catholic without the pope!
Henry did no more and no less, with the support of the Church, than say that the ancient canons of the Councils tell us quite clearly that no bishop is permitted to interfere in another bishops see? This shocked the pope, his support was in Europe and Henry was first to declare against him!
Why did Henry VII create the Anglican church?
According to standard history, King Henry VIII wanted to divorce Catherine of Aragone and the Pope refused to allow him to divorce. He was very upset and decided to thumb his nose at the Pope and divorced her anyway. He did not really create a new church, because all the churches continued as before-there weren't new clergy ordained or new churches or cathedrals built to replace the Roman Catholics in England.
Who were the Pilgrims and what did they want from the Church or England?
The pilgrims were people who wanted religious freedom from the Church of England. They first settled in Holland, but they didn't want their children to become Dutch and speak their language so they moved to America. They landed in Plymouth, Massachusetts and made a setlement. They met Massasoit, Squanto, and other friendly Indians to help them.
Why do Christians use the cross as a sign of torture?
Jesus was nailed to a cross and suffered for six hours until he finally died on the cross. People who were crucified were nailed to the cross in front of everyone so they could see that person's punishment and suffering. That was one of the punishments back then in Jesus' time. "Jesus was crucified, died, and was buried."
Why did Henry VIII change religion?
Henry the eighth was a Catholic but had changed this since he wasn't allowed to divorce from his wife and had said he was to change his religion to a Protestant and was going to build a new church. Since he had made this change the whole of England suddenly had to become a protestant and leave being a Catholic.
The ceremonies of the Anglican church in England were most closely compared to ceremonies of?
puritans
How did the Anglican church came into being?
The Anglican started in the Holy Roman Empire. EDIT: No it didn't. Anglicanism started when an English King (Henry VIII) wanted to devorce his wife and the Catholic Church would not allow it. Henry made the choice to found the Church of England (Anglicanism) so he could devorce. Natrually their was already huge unhappiness in England with the Roman Catholic church and the motion to seperate from the Catholic church was very alive. Henry VIII just did what was otherwise already inevitable.
When did King Henry VIII form the Church of England?
Henry VIII founded the church of England in 1534 after he broke away from the Catholic Church. Henry wanted to annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon but the Pope refused. Therefore Henry denounced Catholicism and passed the Act of Supremacy in 1534 CE.
What is the difference between the Anglican church and the Uniting church?
They are closely aligned in theology (except for Sydney Anglican) however the most obvious difference is that they are structured differently. The Uniting Church operates as a council-based church (no one person can make decisions on their own) and the Anglican church operates with Bishops etc - hierarchically.
How many churches are there in the UK?
The official Anglican website states that there are 80 million members of the Anglican Church around the world.
What are some characteristics of the Anglican church?
Anglicans do not recognise the Pope as the Head of the Church. Most do not accept the transubstantiation of the bread and wine at the mass (Holy Communion) into the actual body and blood of Christ, but regard them as symbolic instead. Anglicans on the whole do not pray to saints, do not regard the Virgin Mary with the same veneration as Catholics, do not require their priests to be celibate, do not believe in the non-scriptural ideas of purgatory or limbo. In the Anglican Church, any visitor who would normally receive Holy Communion in a different church (whether or not it is Anglican, Catholic, Methodist, Baptist, URC or whatever) are welcome to receive the bread and wine in an Anglican church. In a Catholic Church, one must be a Catholic if one is to be invited to receive. In an Anglican church all receive the bread and wine; in a Catholic Church only the bread is normally received by the members of the congregation.
Because they are a Communion of Catholic believers within these Isles and wherever the members have travelled!
For the best part of two thousand years they have held the faith revealed by Christ to the saints and taught by the Apostles after Christ's Ascension! What the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church is today they helped fashion.
The tragedy is, that their numbers have been lessened today by liberalism and a seeking after modernity in theology instead of adherence to the Deposit, as S.Paul termed it!
How does the Anglican church members go to confession?
On the whole, unless an Anglican is of the Catholic tradition in the Anglican Church (ie, they are catholic to all intents and purposes except they reject the authority of the pope), then Anglicans do not go to confession.
That does not mean that they do not confess their sins! At almost every Anglican service there is an act of confession and absolution, and Anglicans take sin just as seriously as Catholics. However, the vast majority of Anglicans do not see the need to confess to a priest as an intermediary, but confess directly to God, as per the early Church practices and reject entirely the Catholic tradition of 'having' to go to confession on, say, a weekly basis. Instead they confess their sins when they need to, directly to God, whether as part of a service or not.
What do you call a Church of England minister?
In the Methodist Church hierarchy, Bishops. At the local church level, the pastor is as high as you go. There may be deacons or lay leaders, but this is not the typical form of leadership as compared to deacons in the Baptist church or elders in the Church of Christ.
Can you be Christened as a Catholic in an Anglican church?
It is generally permissible but each school has a different policy. Catholic students, of course, would receive the first option to enroll and then others if there are vacancies. The fact that you are not a Catholic will probably not exempt you from taking theology classes required of all other Catholic students, however.
How did the Renaissance help to the split in the Church?
The Christian Church affected the Reniassance by influencing people that we are all equally the same and have the same rights.
Roman Catholic AnswerThe Renaissance started in the mid-fourteenth century in Italy and was in high gear in the fifteenth century. It was a melancholy end to the great age of faith which had proceeded it. G. K. Chesterton says that the Renaissance "was a resurrection of old things discovered in a dead thing [the ancient world'" in contrast to the "great growth of new things produced by a living thing" which was medieval culture. The Renaissance initially started out trying to revive ancient Latin and Greek as it was used by the ancient Latins and Greeks, it was originally a linguistic revival. Prior to the Renaissance all of these ancient things were known and studied, but in a Christian light, the Renaissance scholars tried to discard their Christian eyes and look at things as purely pagan. Sadly, they succeeded all too well, for the first time in Christian Europe a purely secular business culture arose and businessmen discarded their Christianity when entering the Office. A coldness crept into Christian life as more and more Christians arranged their lives around something other than the Church. This depressing outlook would give rise in the sixteenth century to great heretics like Martin Luther, Calvin, and Henry VIII who would look at their futures more in terms of what they wanted instead of what God wanted, thus giving rise to the great protestant revolt leading millions of souls astray and away from salvation.Who combined the Catholic and protestant to come up with Anglican church?
