Is an Angelican church the same as a Protestant church?

Question

I was wondering the difference. Thanks.

Answer 1

The Anglican Church is one of many Protestant denominations. Anglicans (and Episcopalians) are generally considered to be Protestants. However, some Anglicans consider their traditional style of worship as lying somewhere between Protestantism and Catholicism, or as Wikipedia puts it:

"Anglicanism is a branch or denomination of Christianity that in its manner of worshiping God is in between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglican

Answer 2

The term protestant comes from the writings of Martin Luther who became into protesting against the corruption of the Roman Catholic church It has grow to be a frequently used term for christian church homes that don't nicely known the pope by way of fact the chief of their faith, Strictly speaking the Anglican church or the Church of england isn't a protestant church as what Martin Luther became into protesting approximately became into not the authority of the pope however the Catholic church and whilst Henry VIII chop up from Rome and shaped the Church of england he became into and the Church became into nonetheless Catholic in basic terms not Roman Catholic yet with the aid of the years the term as exchange into the final one all church homes that are actually not under the Pope's authority

Answer 3

The Anglican Communion considers itself to be part of the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church and as being both Catholic and Reformed. For some adherents it represents a non-papal Catholicism, for others a form of Protestantism though without a dominant guiding figure such as Luther, Knox, Calvin, Zwingli or Wesley.[2] For others, their self-identity represents some combination of the two. The communion encompasses a wide spectrum of belief and practice including evangelical, liberal, and catholic.




Protestantism encompasses the forms of Christian faith and practice that originated with the doctrines of the Reformation. The word protestant is derived from the Latin protestatio meaning declaration which refers to the letter of protestation by Lutheran princes against the decision of the Diet of Speyer in 1529, which reaffirmed the edict of the Diet of Worms against the Reformation.[1] Since that time, the term has been used in many different senses, but not as the official title of any church until it was assumed in 1783 by the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States, a branch of the Anglican Communion. Protestantism as a general term refers to Western Christianity that is not subject to papal authority.

Answer 4

Technically, they are Protestant, but they arrived there by a different route. When the Reformation arose, King Henry VIII of England sided with the Catholic Church against it, receiving the title, "Defender of the Faith". But a problem arose when his very Catholic wife, Catherine of Aragonne, seemed unable to produce a male heir. Henry asked the pope for an annulment but was turned down. That caused the split, not doctrine.

Essentially, the Church of England is "Catholic", but with a different head, the reigning monarch of England. By not accepting the authority of the pope, it must be considered "Protestant", but many of its doctrines and practices are nearly indistingtuishable from Catholicism. There are some who refer to it as "the Third Way".

Answer 5

The Anglican church is a Christian church. It is the one started by King Henry the IIX. It is a Christian church. At the time the Pope was not only the head of the Catholic church but he also had the power to tell the monarch of a country how to run his country and King Henry thought he should have the power to run his own country. So he broke away from the Catholic church.

Answer 6

Yes, the Anglican(note spelling) Church is the Church of England; in America, the Episcopal Church. is basically the same. Of course they are Protestant churches and have always been considered Protestant churches.

Answer 7

There are three main branches of Christianity: Orthodox, Catholic, and everyone who doesn't want to be Catholic i.e. the Protestants. Anglicans are one branch of Protestantism. It has some similarities with other Protestant churches but can also have quite a bit of differences.

Answer 8

Yes, Anglicans are one of the many forms of Protestantism, though they came about through a different action than most of the others. Most Protestantism is the result, direct or indirect, of Martin Luther's protests against God's Church. Anglicanism is the result of Henry VIII's protests against God's Church. But it all results in the same thing - unauthorized manmade churches teaching partial truth, in direct violation of the stated will of God, "that they all may be one".

Answer 9

The Anglican Church is state sponsored and is a lot more liberal, such as they allow Gay Vicars, they are the only differences I can think of.

Answer 10

yes. one of the protestant churches.