Is Anglican the same as The Church of England?

Question

I once inadvertantly upset an Anglican lay member by calling them a 'Protestant' but where I come from members of C of E congregations refer to themselves as 'Protestants'.This lady said "We are all Catholics , SOME of us just happen to be ROMAN CATHOLICS !"
I always thought Anglican meant C of E is this not the case? Are they similar like Methodists and the United reformed church ?

Answer 1

You're right, anglicans are protestants. Episcopalians and C of E's are Anglican. I think Catholics are too. Check out the Nicene Creed in the Book of Common Prayer (epis) or Google it. It says "We believe in one holy Catholic and apostolic church." It doesn't mean that we're catholics, it means that we believe in the unity of the church. Check out some more meanings of the word catholic not just as a denomination. You were right, she was over-sensitive.

Here's a quick history: At first, everyone was Catholic. Then, some people began not to agree with the Catholic Church, so they split and/or were excommunicated. They reformed and are considered Protestants. Then, the Protestants began to disagree with each other, and some leaders emerged (Martin Luther, The Wesley brothers, etc.) and people began to follow them and their teachings about Christianity, salvation, the sacraments, etc. Do some research on the history of the Reformation (reform of the Catholic Church), that'll answer some of your questions.

Answer 2

Anglican Church Of England

Answer 3

The CoE is an Anglical church, so is the Church of Ireland and many other countries have similar churches.
Protestant churches include Anglicans, Baptists, Presbyterians, Methodists, Quakers etc.
Protestants protested about unbiblical rules the Roman Catholic Church introduced such as having to buy your way in to Heaven and absentee clergy.
This led to the Reformation between 1500 and 1550.

Answer 4

Th Anglican Communion has 33 "Provinces." The Church of england actually has 2 - one under the Archbishop of Canterbury, and one under the Archbishop of York (Primate of All England, and Primate of england). The Church of eire is yet another province, with it fairly is very own primate. each and each province is headed by a Primate (an Archbishop). yet, there is not any easily known chief. The bishops artwork "collegially," or at the same time, working by consensus. each and every ten years, bishops from around the international are stated as to the Lambeth convention. it fairly is hosted by the Archbishop of Canterbury. If he invites you, you're seen "in Communion" with Anglicans. If he does not, you're no longer. mutually as he does this, he's no longer in value. he's traditionally seen the main senior Archbishop, yet, he has no authority over others, different than the in/out of communion component. he's the "first among equals." Strictly conversing, Anglicans are not Protestant. The Church began in England via fact the British church. some thoughts say this occurred in 36AD, approximately 15 years earlier the Church began in Rome. After the Council of Whitby in 663, the British church joined with Rome. you may nicely know the fuss around Henry VIII's time. mutually as he became firmly Roman Catholic, he became excommunicated, and the place is going the King, so is going the Church. So, the Church in England became now no longer under Rome (as of Elizabeth I), yet, it did no longer relatively replace, and not in any respect protested something. Anglicans say they're catholic (small "c"), and reformed. Many evaluate Anglican Protestant, as they are no longer Catholic, yet, fairly, there are someplace in between - the "by media" or "center way."

Answer 5

Yes. C of E = Anglican. This woman was just being stupid. She knows full well that the term Catholic is used by Roman Catholics almost exclusively.
Yes, she's a Protestant. Her forebears "protested" against the Roman church way back centuries ago and formed their own breakaway church, with Henry 8th as its head, not the Pope.

Answer 6

Yes, from what I've recently learned from a Answers member, Anglican is C of E and the Episcopal Church in America.

Answer 7

Actually you could think of the Chruch of England as part of the worldwide Anglican Communion which includes equivalent churches all round the world eg Church of Nigeria or Church of Uganda and so on.

So in that sense it is not the same, Cof E is a subset of Anglican

Answer 8

It is basically, the church of England here in the US (And spread elsewhere.) And the Episcopal church is an off shoot of the Anglican church. But all have their roots in the Catholic church because the Church of England is an off shoot of the Roman Catholic Church. The Methodist church is also an off shoot of the Catholic church. (The mother church and her Babies.)

Answer 9

They protested the Roman Catholic Church, so they can be classified as protestant.

But they consider themselves Anglican Catholic...there are many Catholic churches, as I've mentioned Anglican and Roman, but there is also the Free Catholic, American Catholic, Liberal Catholic, United Catholic, etc.

Answer 10

Sorry to nitpick, but religions should be CAPITALIZED, because "catholic" means:
->universal, diverse, diversified, wide, broad, broad-based<-
thus the Roman Catholic Church, etc. In the Nicene Creed, when it says "One catholic and apostolic church, it's referring to the universality of most protestant beliefs... not the Roman Catholic Church.

Just my $.02