The name Anglican means England, which explains why appropriately they are called the Church of England. This denomination began in the sixteenth century in England evolving from the Roman church but remaining intact with their with strong celtic influence. When created by King Henry the VIII he declared the Anglican church is under the ultimate authority of the king, contrary to traditional church that is usually under the Pope.
It began when Martin Luther posted his 95 theses to the doors of the Catholic church and discontentment began to rise. This started the spark of the Protestant reformation where numerous branches of church doctrine developed from. People became more critical of the inner workings of the Catholic church and questioned their traditions. At the time Henry the VIII ruled and he fervently wanted to divorce his wife who could not bear him a son. The King despised Catholic church and Pope because they forbade him and at the time the Pope held a certain amount of authority even over the King. This angered the King and he seeing the opportunity in the new movement of new denominations he created his own; The branch of Anglican, that was close to the Catholic …show more content…
Anglicans believe and follow the teachings of the Bible and the Articles of Religion. They participate in traditions written about in the Book of Common Prayer which was written and produced by Thomas Crammer since then there have countless revisions and renewed versions. They believe in and often recite the Nicene and Apostles creed in services.
The Anglican communion has over 80 million members across the world. This splits into 38 different church organizations. Each church organization is under their own archbishop, but ultimately the archbishop of Canterbury is over all of these branches. Anglican overall is not so different than the Catholic Church but is often
It began when Martin Luther posted his 95 theses to the doors of the Catholic church and discontentment began to rise. This started the spark of the Protestant reformation where numerous branches of church doctrine developed from. People became more critical of the inner workings of the Catholic church and questioned their traditions. At the time Henry the VIII ruled and he fervently wanted to divorce his wife who could not bear him a son. The King despised Catholic church and Pope because they forbade him and at the time the Pope held a certain amount of authority even over the King. This angered the King and he seeing the opportunity in the new movement of new denominations he created his own; The branch of Anglican, that was close to the Catholic …show more content…
Anglicans believe and follow the teachings of the Bible and the Articles of Religion. They participate in traditions written about in the Book of Common Prayer which was written and produced by Thomas Crammer since then there have countless revisions and renewed versions. They believe in and often recite the Nicene and Apostles creed in services.
The Anglican communion has over 80 million members across the world. This splits into 38 different church organizations. Each church organization is under their own archbishop, but ultimately the archbishop of Canterbury is over all of these branches. Anglican overall is not so different than the Catholic Church but is often