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Originally Posted by Marcella_Riddle
Uh no. The Church of England, the title, is portestant fresh from the reformation of the Church. The title means the church belongs to England and is not just in it making the reigning monarch the head. Catholic head of Church is the Pope. I think you got a bit muddled.
The Church OF England - Christian = Head of State = Queen Elizabeth II
The Church IN England - Catholic = Head of Catholic State = Pope
It's unfair but the complaint is justified, this once.
I said that it was related very closely to the Catholic Church. Henry VIII was very catholic, but wanted a divorce so parted from the Pope. But since he was Catholic, the church of england was basically catholic, I suppose one could say that whatever the royal family is, the church of england is. It was started by Henry VIII to get a divorce, but he was catholic, Edward took over, he was raised protestant so the church of england was protestant, then it was mary who was catholic, so the church was catholic, then Elizabeth, who was very much protestant, so the church was protestant.
"Henry VIII did not want the English church to depart from its traditional faith and practice. The Ten Articles he issued in 1536 to summarize his position made only slight concessions to Protestant tenets."
Despite the appearing protestant church in england now, it still has very close ties with catholicism.