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LukeShalz said:
So the the succession to the English throne took precedence over obeying the Holy Father, successor to Peter
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Have you read the previous posts? The politics of the middle ages was complicated? What if the Avalon Princes refused to honour a pope who commanded they rid Spain of heresy? Should they have disobeyed Rome for the sake of a few million lives?
 
Caritas6744 said:
That Henry split with Rome is unfortunate. However, a line of Christianity ensued thereafter that did not recognize the Pope as the head of the church. Many of the traditions are consistent with ancient practice.
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What do Anglicans think about the Sacrements? How does this compare to the Orthodox view of the Sacraments?
 
Justin_Mary said:
What do Anglicans think about the Sacrements?
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Our observance is more closely aligned with RCs than the orthodox. There are some deviations in practice. We believe that all baptized Christians are welcome at the Lord’s table and that confession may be with a priest, but that the penitential rite, if made sincerely, is sufficient for confessing sins. We believe in confirmation, matrimony, orders, and blessing of the infirm or dying. There are seven sacraments, but two "great’ sacraments of initiation - baptism and communion.
 
Yes the C of E and the Anglican Church are the same thing.

Why would Camilla’s ex have to give her permission? Kind of irrelevant to the conversation.

I don’t think Henry wishes to form his own church. He had an issue with papal authority that undermined his sovereign authority over Britain. Clement Vll, could have granted an annulment to Henry. He chose not to out of fear of Catherine’s brother in Spain. To be clear, there was a lot politics going on and a sincere desire to undermine Henry at the time. He felt he needed a male heir. He was convinced that the security of his realm was at stack and that the pope was taking sides.
 
Anglican churches refers to all churches who are in communion with the Archbishop of Canterbury.

In Australia, the Anglican Church was at one point called “The Church of England in Australia”.

As a former Anglican, I also do want to add a note that Anglican churches are very diverse in theology, especially regarding sacraments and ecclesiology. What one Anglican might posit is generally characteristic of his or her local Anglican diocese, and might not be representative of other dioceses.

(I was an Anglo-Catholic for many a year. Also welcome to @Caritas6744! I still have many fond memories of my Anglican parish.)
 
500 years later it does seem like one day he was Catholic & the next day he was Anglican. But I’m sure there was a transition period & I wouldn’t be surprised if the Anglican church wasn’t “the Anglican church” when Henry VIII died.
 
Varies with the Anglican jurisdiction. Anglican began as a name for, in essence, the Church of England. Nowadays it can mean any of the self-governing Anglican jurisdictions comprising the Anglican Communion, or the Communion as an entity, or any of a number of Anglican jurisdictions not belonging to the Anglican Communion. Motley is the Anglican crew.
 
And his request, for a decree of nullity with respect to his marriage to Katherine, was nothing out of the ordinary for the times. His causa , while not particularly strong, was certainly as strong as was the average for a successful case. But as was generally true the problem at the time was mainly in the intertwining of the theological and the political.

The case is a hobby of mine.
 
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How come the “Church of England” is just fine, but if we formed a “Church of America” it would be condemned as separatist and nationalist?

Inquiring minds want to know.
 
While most of this is generally true of Anglicans, generally (a dangerous concept), the crew is (remember) motley. Some Anglicans will not communicate any save those baptized and confirmed (by a bishop in apostolic succession). Others will do so, much more widely.

Agreed that the range of sacraments accepted may be divided into the two Dominical and the five others.
 
That he remained Catholic all his life would take a little fine tuning, but generally, yes.
 
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No, they are not the same thing. Once upon a time they were. But Anglicanism is split and diversified since that day.
 
Sorry to break it to you but the Anglican church wasn’t founded by Henry VIII (don’t forget England and Wales returned to the Catholic faith under Mary but even under her reign some things from the ‘new’ religion stayed in place. Eamon Duffy has written widely on this topic and it’s worth a read. Elizabeth I was the monarch who really put things in place for the Anglican tradition (and even she was variously described as a ‘papist’ and ‘an odd sort of Protestant’. Under Henry VIII Mass was still said in Latin!
 
A distinction without a difference.

Neither had any authority whatsoever to do what they did. It appears they caught the reformation virus.
 
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