Epicopalianism / Anglicanism: Is it Catholic or Liberal Protestant Christianity?

Question

Yeah I realized that I misspelled Episcopalianism lol Oh and happy pilgrim I'm not dissing anybody my friend. God bless you as well.

Answer 1

Anglican = The Church fo England. The Church of Engand; founded by Henry the VIII; was begun because Henry would not allow the Pope or his represenatives to dictate his choice to divorce and remarry. "Liberal" is an iffy word to apply to the Episcopalians...unless, of course, you are a Catholic. Then, all other "christian" (the quotes are mine...you get my point...) religions are suspect by their very nature of being NOT CATHOLIC.
Henry, and his Church, retained all the pomp and pagentry of Rome, without hindering his (Henry's) will.("Episcopal" means "government of the Church by Bishops") HE WAS KING OF ENGLAND! The Pope...Who was the Pope?? Is the "take" I have on ol' Henry, and his difference of opinion with Rome... Henry knew who he was, didn't he?
The Episcopal Church is in England, Wales, Scotland,
Ireland. The Protestant Episcopal Church is here in the United States. I doubt they think of themselves as "liberal".
Their priests are allowed to, and do, marry...making them a lot less dangerous in many, many ways... They allow women to become priests, and to rise on up the "ladder"... is this what you mean when you say "liberal"? (I don't mind; I'm not a member of that church either...I just wonder if THEY do..."liberal" being a term much-applied to us Democrats, and the Episcopalians seem somehow overrun with Republicans...) smile... (There is a LOT of money in the Episcopal Church, too....) }:>

Answer 2

In the U.S.A., they are called
Episcopalians. In England, Canada, the British Empire the same faith are called Anglicans. They originatedfrom the Church of England.
I don't think that is the right spelling...but too lazy to get out my dictionary.
(there is 'high' Anglican and 'low' Anglican. The high is very similar to the Roman Catholics ( except for the Pope)

Answer 3

Well - the word "catholic" means universal, or liberal. The Episcopal church was established when Henry the VIII wanted a divorce and therefore broke away from the Catholic church.
A major difference is the governance - the Episcopal church does not follow the Pope and papal law.

Answer 4

It is divided. Some churches are

*Anglo-Catholic (which means they think of themselves as continuing the Catholic tradition, but are not in communion with Rome, which tradition they say is no older than theirs)

*Mainline Protestant (which means that they tend to have Communion less often than the Anglo-Catholics, and interpret it differently, and also avoid incense), not so different from the Lutherans or Presbyterians

*Liberal (which means not necessarily accepting the truth of the creeds, and having liberal social views towards issues like homosexuality, women priests, or the new prayerbook), similar in philosophy--though not liturgy--to United Church of Christ or Unitarian Universalist. For them, Christianity is often primarily a cultural thing.

*Evangelical, like C.S. Lewis

*Charismatic

I attended one church in San Francisco that bills itself as "Taoist-Episcopal", and another that adopts liturgical elements from Eastern Orthodoxy as well as Zen.

So, big tent. Sometimes this leads to friction, when several factions (such as evangelicals vs. liberals) disagree about what "the church" ought to be doing. There is a real possibility of schism. In the U.S., some conservative churches have already broken away, others are talking to lawyers.

Answer 5

Hard core Anglicans will say they were never part of the Catholic or Protestant faith. They claim they have books and documents dating back to the 1st and 2nd Centuries to back this up. The TRUE origin of the beleiefgoes back to King Henry the VIII. He got all fussy becasue the Pope dissaproved of him wanting to divorce his wife and marry Ann Bolyn. So Henry declared himself the head of the Church of England and the denomination was formed.

Answer 6

A study of the patristic writings of the early Christians shows that conservative Catholicism or Orthodoxy is probably the closest to authentic Christianity.

Modern Liberalism is just religion conforming to social norms and adding a bit of New Age spirituality.

Episcopals and Anglicans are just playing games with Catholicism.

Answer 7

Neither, although in many ways it is close to Roman Catholic. It certainly can be either conservative or liberal protestantism.

There are many godly people in the Episcopal and Anglican churches. don't diss them or their way of worship.

god bless

Answer 8

I was an Episcopalian (gee that never gets easier to spell) & when we had mass we used to acknowledge the Holy Catholic as opposed to Roman Catholic Church. Catholic Church meaning all embracing. We had bishops & so on, but no venerating idols of the Virgin Mary etc.

Answer 9

Protestant
The vast majority of nuns are Catholic, however there are several Protestant churches (particularly Episcopal) that have orders of nuns.

Answer 10

Both, really. The pomp of Catholicism, with the bent of liberal protestants.