Why doesn't the Catholic Church recognized the ordained priest of the Church of England?

Question

The Catholic Church does not recognized the ordained priesthood of the Church of England. When did the Church of England's priesthood became invalid?

Answer 1

The church of england grew out of the catholic church, as part of the protestant reformation.

The c of e rejected catholicism and everything that it entailed, while still basing it's rituals on the catholic church.

To the catholic church, officially at least, there can be no other religion than catholicism, so this split can't ever be recognized. If you can't recognize another religion, how can you recognize it's leadership?

That's a very, very brief synopsis. What you need to do is read English history, specifically the times during and immediately after the reign of Henry VIII.

Answer 2

The catholic church never recognized the church of England. Henry the VIII created the church England in order to get a divorce from Anne bolyne and to loot all the catholic wealth in the united kingdom. The church of England is effectively catholic light. It was a protestant Church not a real one. The catholic bureaucracy was simply replaced with a government sanctioned bureoucracy.

Answer 3

The Catholic Church maintains that the Pope is infallible, the Church of England does not. The split occurred during the reign of Henry VIII.

Answer 4

Since day one. The Vatican has never recognized the Church of England.

Answer 5

When the King of England decided to start his own church when he wanted to divorce his wife.

Answer 6

Because they do not recognize the Arch Bishop of Canterbury as Gods contact on Earth, they say that it is the Pope.

Answer 7

Because they are religious.