So what is the difference?

Question

between a protestant and an anglican?.

Do protestants recognize the pope in the way that roman catholics do?

And if the queen is the head of church in the anglican world then will she get a seat in the papal quarters when she meets her maker?

Answer 1

Protestants started with a monk Martin Luther who rebelled against the corruption of the RC church in his time (15th Century). Anglicans were started by Henry VIII who wanted a divorce. Protestant tends to cover Baptists and other groups that are quite 'back to basics' with regard to the Bible. Anglican covers a spectrum from Anglo-catholic (more like RC) to Evangelical (more like Pentecostal). The biggest difference though is in how they view Holy Communion. Anglicans would be closer to the Roman Catholic interpretation (Jesus spiritually and physically present), whereas Proteatants see it just as a memorial meal of the last supper.

Answer 2

Some people think that the Anglican Church is a Protestant church. Even some low Church Anglicans think it is a Protestant Church. But it is not. It is one of the 4 main branches of Christianity. Orthodox, Roman Catholic and Protestant being the other 3.

The Anglican Church has elements of both the RC and the Protestant churches as part of its history and practice. High Church Anglican, sometimes called Anglo Catholic (High Chruch Episcopalians in the U.S.) has most of the same theology and practices as the RC's, and some of the Orthodox. We do not see the Pope as being the Head of the Church. The Archbishop of Canterbury is the Head of the Anglican Church, and the Queen is the head of the Church of England. In the U.S. we have a presiding Bishop, which is now a woman for the first time in history.

Low Church Anglicans are more like Protestants and some consider themselves to be. The Methodist church was a split off from the Anglican Church, and one could say that Low Church Anglicans are more like a Methodist.

The differences within the Anglican Church are almost as great as outside of it. High Church pray to the Saints, cross themselves in church, etc. and the Low Church do not. Some parishes are High, some are Low, some, like the one I am in, are Broad. That means that we have both High and Low members. You can imagine the arguments we get into. The Low Church members says "we don't pray to the Saints, and the High, like me, say "oh, yes we do!" But unlike those outside we manage to get along, most of the time. If you came to a service you would see some people doing things that seem very Catholic and some not.

Also the Anglican Church has Religious Orders, just like the RC's. Except for one branch of the Lutheran Church, the Protestants do not.

And in the U.S. Episcopalians are a bit more liberal than any Protestant or RC, or even the Archbishop of Canterbury, for that matter, would like. We are the ones that got into all that trouble with the whole world for ordaining a gay Bishop.

Answer 3

Anglican is a form of protestant. Protestant has come to be a pretty meaningless word, just covering everybody who considers himself to be "christian" but is neither Roman Catholic nor Orthodox.
Edit:
No, Protestants do not recognize the pope.
For Anglicans, the queen is only the "secular head of the church". She is not recognized as spiritual head. Even secular head is too much for me though.
There is no special chamber in Heaven either for pope or queen. All those who are really forgiven sinners will be together with Christ in one place.

Answer 4

The Anglican Church is one of the Protestant churches -- though many of their practices and doctrinal beliefs are the same at the Catholic Church.

Protestants, including Anglicans, do not recognize the authority of the Pope.

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Answer 5

Anglican is not Protestant in some ways, cause they keep almost all the traditions of the Catholic Church, mainly just transferring power of authority from the Vatican to the State of England. Episcopalian is the american version, although lately, they've been doing things that the Roman Catholics despise..

Answer 6

The Anglicans are a Protestant denomination

Answer 7

The Anglican Church is protestant, but it is a group of churches that came into being when Henry VIII wanted to marry Anne Boleyn and had to cut off his connections with the Roman Catholic Church who condemned him for divorcing his first wife.

Answer 8

I'm of protestant religion. My wife is of the Catholic religion... We often go to one another's churches...

Yes some differences... ALTHOUGH the one major factor we agree on....

GOD is the head of any christian church... The Pope and the Queen will have to answer like any other individual on this earth when they are called.

As to the Papal palace in heaven... I believe in Gods eyes we are all equal... So that will mean they will have to queue just like us to use the facilities...

Answer 9

only ROMAN CATHOLICS recognise the authority of the POPE.

Answer 10

Why does it matter.