What seperates Anglicanism from the Catholic Church?

Answer 1

--is Catholic--

There are major differences between Catholics and those of the Anglican Communion. However, Anglicans (of the High Anglican /Anglo-Catholic stripe) are the closest of all Protestants to the Catholic Faith.

As with all Protestants, there are major philosophical, metaphysical, and theological differences. These should not be ignored and it is not simply the papacy that divides Catholics from Anglicans.

The Anglican Communion tends to be a bit bi-polar. Under Henry VIII, it was essentially a schismatic Church, but under Elizabeth I it was Protestantized, became heretical in its fundamental theology, and lost its apostolicity. Later English Puritans (Calvinistic) would also modify and influence the Communion. As such, the Anglican Communion tends to drift either towards a "High" or semi-Catholic position, or a "Low" or Protestant position. There is also a "Broad" position which seeks to find a "middle way" between Protestant and Catholic. This last position often caused Anglicans to see their communion as a bridge between Catholicism and Protestantism, but this "via media" has essentially failed, as was shown and further predicted by John Henry Newman, an Anglican who became Catholic. Newman was very interested in the "via media" but after years of study and research, found that it did not reflect reality.

There has been continued hopes for less of a separation between Anglicans and Catholics, but this is often chilled by the moves of Anglicans as their communion moved over the last 100 years to promote contraception, abortion, women priests, and now homosexual priests. So there is a very large moral difference between the groups.

The theological difference is also quite pronounced. For this, I suggest that you start by reading

http://www.creeds.net

As well as the
Catholic Catechism
Book of Common Prayer (anglican)

Answer 2

During the reign of King Henry VIII of England, he separated the Anglican Church from the Catholic (aligning himself with the growing Protestant movement in Europe) so he could get a divorce. The Roman Catholic church has never sanctioned divorce, even unto the present day.
The rituals of the Catholic and Anglican churches are very similar. The reigning monarch of England (presently, Queen Elizabeth II) is the titular leader of the Anglican church, and the Archbishop of Canterbury is its spiritual leader. The Pope is the leader of the Roman Catholic church.

Answer 3

The main difference is that catholics believe in the infallibility of the pope.
Anglicans and their American cousins the Episcopalians do not.
They are considered protestants although i do not understand what they are protesting about unless it is the right to divorce which is the only reason anglicans came into being.
Anglicans, dispite what Danf said are not confined to the British Isles, they are a world wide organization with churches in Africa and South America.

Answer 4

The Anglican Church, is primarily confined to the British Isles. It was "born" during the reign of Henry the 8th of England, 16th Century. The King then became "Head" of the church instead of the Catholic Pope.

He seperated from the "Roman Catholic Church" in protest of the Pope not allowing him to divorce and remarry. Not to mention all the tithes he would bring into the govt. that normally went to Rome.

Answer 5

The scism between the Roman and Orthadox church homes grew to become into extremely of a precursar to the Protestant Reformation. the foremost clarification for the scism is that the Orthodox church homes did no longer prefer to be below a Pope (even in spite of the undeniable fact that that they had for an prolonged time). They felt that the Pope had abused his place via fact the Seat of Peter. This subject has grown and grown, even to the place the Orthodox have faith we'd desire to continually no longer have a Pope, and characteristic a various interpretation of Matthew sixteen (in this rock i build my church). There are additionally little issues, diverse yet small wordings and phrasings. in addition they criticize the Roman church for no longer staying classic. universal, there are radical Othrodox who have faith that Rome is evil and corrupt, whilst many of the Orthodox nevertheless see Rome as a twin Church and wouldnt ideas being joined lower back, or they're like protestants interior the certainty that they are misinformed with reference to the church from which they got here. It additionally stemmed from politcal power, greed, and different components. universal--delight led to the scism.

Answer 6

Anglicans (Church of England) are Protestants.

Answer 7

Catholic Church- Pope is the Head
Anglican Church- King is the Head

Thats all I can do to help. Hope this helped :D