What's the difference between Anglican religion and Catholics?

Answer 1

You might find Bishop Whalon helpful

"Anglicans believe their distinctiveness to be essentially provisional, a way of being Christian when the unity of the Church is shattered. They look to solve issues of their national cultures through practical adaptations of what they think the early Christians did or would have done. Anglicans' strong sense of the need to unite the churches is why they started the ecumenical movement. Roman Catholics, on the other hand, believe they are the true Church, and need to maintain the faith throughout the world in as uniform a manner as possible. Re-uniting other Christians with Rome remains (despite some progress) basically a matter of encouraging them to recognize their need for the papacy as it presently exists.

The history of the two churches is one of struggle. Anglicans and Roman Catholics have killed each other in the past. They continue to repeat some of the propaganda of the past. Even today, many Roman Catholics believe that Henry VIII started a new religion because righteous Pope Clement refused to give him a 'divorce' to legitimize his lust. A few Anglicans still consider Rome to be the "whore of Babylon" of the Book of Revelation. But their similarities far outweigh their differences. Each has much to learn from the other's experience and reflection upon living the faith in myriad contexts. It is tempting to wonder what might have happened had Henry VIII and Clement VII been better followers of Jesus. But God has allowed both churches to continue and indeed, to flourish. One can only hope that one day, Anglicans and Roman Catholics will learn to celebrate their differences as providential enrichments of the catholic faith they have always shared."

Answer 2

There are different theological schools in Anglicanism which are more distant and often antagonistic towards each other than "real" Anglo-Catholics are from Catholicism(RC).

Anglicanism rejected the jurisdiction of the Pope-originally for the royal jurisdiction over the church and state. In England the Queen is "Supreme Govenor of the[Anglican] Church of England" but the daughter churches like the Anglican Church of Canada are not really under the Queen and churches like the US Episcopal Church do not pray for the Queen.

The 39 Articles of the Anglican Churchcontain teachings thatwere rejection of Catholic teachings but Anglo-Catholics(those who see their Anglican Church as an independent Catholic Church with the theology of the 'Undivided Church" of pre1054 (or pre Trent or Vat I anyway)Catholic Church and who have Catholic piety,devotions and liturgical style)interpret them in a way that Cranmer would object to since the Articles are of the Reformed Tradition not RC or E Orthodox or Old Catholic.

There are Evangelical Anglicans that have beliefs ranging from Lutheran to Calvinist to Methodist to Baptist to Pentecostal,but one must accept a church order with bishops that have Anglican claims to continuity in Apostolic Succession' ordinations to be Anglican( There is controversy over lay-led Eucharists in Australia).

All Anglicans are supposed to use some approved form of an Anglican Prayerbook,but not all do.

Catholics are to accept the whole of the Roman Catholic dogma( including Papal Infallibility ,the Immaculate Conception and Assumption of Mary) and moral teaching and the supreme and universal jurisdiction of the Pope.

Answer 3

Anglicans don't recognize the authority of the papacy, and anglican priests can be married, female, and openly homosexual. The head of the anglican church is the Bishop of Canterbury. The head of the Catholic Church is the Bishop of Rome--the Pope.

Answer 4

Anglicans do not consider the Pope as their religious head.

Answer 5

divorce is allowed in the Anglican religion, but in the Catholic religion it is not.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

MAINLY THE ANGLICAN CHURCH DOES NOT HAVE TO FOLLOW THE DIRECTION OF THE POPE. THEY SEPARATED FROM THE CATHOLIC CHURCH DURING THE REIGN OF HENRY V111.