2007-02-21 07:38:39 · 4 answers · asked by Jeremy M 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
I believe the Church of England was started by Henry the Eighth in 1574 when he split from the Catholic church because he was denied an annulment. The Roman Catholic Church was founded by either Jesus himself, or by St. Peter, depending on how you define "founded". So I think you could say the year "1". Though it was not so much an established entity in the beginning, more of a loose following of Jewish believers who saw Jesus as the Messiah. For the first few years, they were seen as a Jewish splinter group.
I'm sure a real theologian could give you a better answer, but that's how I see it (as a Catholic)
2007-02-21 07:51:24 · answer #1 · answered by boonietech 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"The Church of England traces its formal corporate history from the 597 Augustinian mission..."
"England adhered to the Roman Catholic church for nearly a thousand years, before the church separated from Rome in 1534, during the reign of King Henry VIII."
Catholics would consider their church to be in continous unbroken chain since the time of Christ.
"A letter that Saint Ignatius wrote to Christians in Smyrna [1] in about 107 is the earliest surviving witness to the use of the term "catholic Church""
2007-02-21 15:53:05 · answer #2 · answered by the foolish fox 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Church of England - 664
Catholicism -315
2007-02-21 15:45:30 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dont know when it started, but I'm ready for it to be finished!
2007-02-21 16:56:36 · answer #4 · answered by pyledriver 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋