Church of England????

Question

Please explain the Churhc of England to me.

From my understanding the Church of England is a State religion. How does it interact in politics and how does this work in a country with multiple religions?

Answer 1

Basically Henry VIII wanted cash and to shag who the hell he wanted and to kick the s**t out of the catholics, crude but true!!!

Answer 2

The Anglican Church is one of the three Catholic churches, the others being the Orthodox and the Roman. The Anglican Church as the Church of England is the official church of the Kingdom of England, and the monarch if England is its head - where the Bishop of Rome ("Pope") is the head of the Roman church.

The monarch of England is crowned by the highest authority of the national church, the Archbishop of Canterbury. In return, the monarch of England gets the final say on appointing the Archbishop of Canterbury.

Americans, thank god for separation of church and state.

Answer 3

The Church of England, although an established church, does not receive any direct government support. Donations comprise its largest source of income, though it also relies heavily on the income from its various historic endowments. As of 2005, the Church of England had estimated total outgoings of around £900 million.

The Church of England traces its formal corporate history from the 597 Augustinian mission, stresses its continuity and identity with the primitive universal Western church, and notes the consolidation of its particular independent and national character in the post-Reformation events of Tudor England. This interpretation is disputed by the Roman Catholic Church which sees the creation of the Church of England as marking a break with English Christianity prior to the Reformation.

Christianity arrived in Britain in the first or second centuries (probably via the tin trade route through Ireland and Spain), and existed independently of the Church of Rome, as did many other Christian communities of that era. Records note British bishops as attending the Council of Arles in 314, and, even more significantly, Britain was the home of Pelagius, who nearly defeated Augustine of Hippo's doctrine of original sin. The Pope sent Saint Augustine from Rome in the 6th century to evangelize the Angles in (597). With the help of Christians already residing in Kent, he established his church in Canterbury, the former capital of Kent (it is now Maidstone), and became the first in the series of archbishops of Canterbury.

Please see the link below:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_england

Answer 4

Church of England has traditionally, the king or Queen as head of Church. It was created by Henry VIII because the Roman Church didn't want to dissolve his marriage. They don't interfere with politics.

Answer 5

The CoE is the official state religion, and its head is appointed by the PM, but other than that it doesn't interfere in politics whatsoever. it could be abolished, but we can't really be bothered. It doesn't do any harm.

Remember, this is a country in which only about 12% reguarly attend church. There is almost no religious extremism, and therefore no pressing need to seperate church and state. Everyone is free to practice whatever religion they choose.