what is the difference betwen catholic church and church of England?

Answer 1

I assume you mean the Roman Catholic Church - in the Church of England, they refer to themselves as "Anglo-Catholics."

The Roman Catholic Church traces its roots back to Jesus Christ, with Peter as the first Pope.

The Church of England was founded by King Henry VIII, in response to the Pope being unwilling to give him a divorce or a second annulment. He banned the Catholic Church and took over the lands and treasuries of all the religious orders and parish churches into his own treasury. Eventually it became illegal to be a Roman Catholic, and priests were captured and tortured and killed.

Today the reigning monarch is the head of the Church of England (the American counterpart is the Episcopal Church). In terms of rubrics, the two churches are similar. Theologically, major differences include belief in the Real Presence (some Anglicans do, some don't) the role of Mary in the history of salvation, and of course, the authority of the Pope.

Answer 2

For a start, don't bother to ask the Irish, the battle of the Boyne was fourght against James with the Pope's blessing - you may only get sour grapes.

You have to look at the difference between all the different churches, to understand this one.

The oldest church is the Ethopian Coptic Church, its also the poorest, based in Ethiopia and Southern Egypt. Believes in a list of books (cannon) not much removed from the old testament, and claims to have the ark of covenant.

Next are the Thomas sect in India, has Dancing yellow nuns, and is not recognised by the orthadox or Catholic churches, because they forgot that they exsisted for about a thousand years.

Then we have the Asyrian Coptic's, Armenian Coptics and Nestorians (Babylon) who were all persequited under Turkish rule about 200 years ago, and thus are quite small churches.

About 300ad the Orthadox church was formed, Greek speaking, has outlets in Russia, and eastern europe, formed by Constantine, emperor of the Eastern Roman empire.

About 400ad the Holy Roman Empire was formed, by Charlemaige, and thus the first the Pope was officially made, Latin speaking, based in Rome.

in 1517, a german monk called Martin Luther (November 10, 1483 – February 18, 1546) basically pinned a notice to the door of the Cathederal in Worms, Germany - this inspired the Reformation and deeply influenced the doctrines and culture of the Lutheran and Protestant traditions, as well as the course of Western civilization.

The Catholic church up to this point was so powerful, it controlled all trade and thought in western Europe. Henry VIII was a devout Catholic, but his advisers were Protestant, influenced by Luther, and a french chap called Calvin.

Henry was under pressure to reform the English churches, and also wanted a male heir, when the Pope denied him a divorce, he declared himself head of the church of England, and basically created a protestant church which was similar to the Catholic church, but without Latin Mass.

Other Protestant churches are more different from the Cof E, which is also called High Church.

Many of the new churches, like the Methodists, and Baptists left europe to escape pursecution by the Catholics and Anglicans, to set up home in America

Answer 3

They are two different interpretations of Christianity, the Catholic church takes a strong line against any form of contraceptive and abortion where as the CofE is more liberal. The Church of England originally was part of the Catholic church too but broke away in the 15th century.

Answer 4

The Pope is the head of the Catholic church and the Monarch, currently Queen Elizabeth II, is the head of the Church of England.

Answer 5

The main difference between the Catholic church and the Church of England (and other Protestant faiths) is that the Catholic church maintains that the bread and wine used in the Mass become the body and blood of Christ whereas in the Protestant churches it remains a symbolic representation.

Answer 6

The church of England is Anglican and still Catholic but do not recognize the Pope, instead the Queen is head of the English church.

Answer 7

To put it an easier way .. Catholics are Catholics and the Church of England are Protestants.. CofE dont do the Mary thing...The Pope is the Head of the Catholics and the Queen is the head of the CofE.

Answer 8

Protestants (Church of England) don't need a priest in communication with God. Catholics are not meant to wear condoms - no wonder the world is over-crowded. Catholic priests can't marry, etc, etc

Answer 9

The atholic church had strict laws forbidding divorce, which Henry VIII did not agree with when he wanted to divorce his wife. Therefore, he founded the Church of England, whose views were much less strict and orthodox than the Catholic church.

Answer 10

their names