Can the Queen/Canterbury dissolve Anglicanism?

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If the Queen or the Archbishop of Canterbury wanted to, would they have the power to dissolve the Anglican Church, since (correct me if I’m wrong here) they are the Heads of the Church of England?

I realise this may lead on to “Can the Pope disband Catholicism?” So I’ll ask that too.
 
Catholicism cannot be disbanded.
Anglicans can return to the Catholic Church, sure. Will they? Highly unlikely.
 
As anglicanism has gone more and more into the weeds (trangender priests, approving abortion, lesbian clergy, ets) some of the more conservative/ high church types have begun to migrate
 
First, there is no Anglican Church, but 39 independent churches are members of the Anglican Communion. The Queen has authority over only one of them, and the Archbishop of Canterbury has a leadership role in the Communion but not power.

So the answer is “no”. Nor do the Queen or the Archbishop have power to dissolve even the Church of England, which is established by law, led by its bishops, and governed by General Synod.
 
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Anglicans can return to the Catholic Church, sure. Will they? Highly unlikely.
They can return as individuals, and some have. Although I’m not sure"return" is the right word as the individuals were never here in the 1st place.

I guess the British government could cut the CofE off from the public trough, and probably will sooner than later.

But I don’t think there is a power to dissolve anything, as long as there are believers in the CofE.
 
And then here are the oddball Anglicans, not subsumed under these two general heads (CoE, Anglican Communion).

Also, hello.
 
If the Queen or the Archbishop of Canterbury wanted to, would they have the power to dissolve the Anglican Church
No.
since (correct me if I’m wrong here) they are the Heads of the Church of England?
There is no “head” of the Church of England (other than Christ). There is a Supreme Governor (of which Queen Elizabeth II is by virtue of being monarch) and there is Primate of All England–the Archbishop of Canterbury.

As in political matters, the Queen’s authority over the church is largely ceremonial. She doesn’t actually give orders to bishops. She does appoint high ranking church officials, but this is done on the advice of her Prime Minister (who in turn simply recommends the people nominated by the church itself).

The Archbishop of Canterbury is the closest thing to an actual leader the CofE has, but even his power is rather limited. Outside of his own diocese, if he wants to get anything done he has to do it through persuasion rather than by demanding obedience.

The real authority within the Church of England is held by the General Synod, which is a legislative body made up of bishops and deputies elected to represent clergymen and laypeople. However, even this body could not dissolve the Church of England.

As a state church, only the British Parliament could dissolve the CofE. More likely, however, they would simply disestablish it, breaking the links between church and state.
I guess the British government could cut the CofE off from the public trough, and probably will sooner than later.
The Church of England does not get funded by the government or by tax payers. Half of its incomes comes from gifts and donations from members. The rest comes from investment funds (largely property holdings donated over the centuries) and fees for Christenings, weddings and funerals.

Even if the CofE was separated from the state (assuming the government did not strip it of all its valuable property), the CofE would continue to be financially stable.
 
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If the Queen or the Archbishop of Canterbury wanted to, would they have the power to dissolve the Anglican Church, since (correct me if I’m wrong here) they are the Heads of the Church of England?

I realise this may lead on to “Can the Pope disband Catholicism?” So I’ll ask that too.
On paper? As far as I know, yes, Queen Elizabeth can on paper. She can do a lot on paper from what I’ve read.

But she answers to Parliament. So no, not in reality.

Edit - Itwin has the answers… 🙂
 
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They can return as individuals, and some have. Although I’m not sure"return" is the right word as the individuals were never here in the 1st place.
One of our priests is a high church Anglican convert. 🙂

So we got one.

And there’s another that’s waiting for authorization to convert from Anglicanism.

I just thought that was cool. Sorry. LOL.
 
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Catholicism cannot be disbanded.
Anglicans can return to the Catholic Church, sure. Will they? Highly unlikely.
you are incorrect. many have.

i read the other day, not sure if it is true or not, but there are more practicing Catholics in England now than Anglicans.
 
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Anglicanism can be disbanded, because it is a false church. The Catholic Church can never be disbanded because of Christ’s promise.
 
Good job. Explaining the basic CoE setup to some nice but bewildered RC folk, was the very first thing I ever posted anywhere, many years ago. It sounded a lot like this.

The Supreme Governor title the monarch holds, re: the CoE, derives from the Act of Supremacy (1559) which styled the monarch thusly, replacing the title given under the Henrician Supreme Head Act (1534). These Acts covered more points, but the titles are helpful in recalling who was what, when. And, of course, the 1559 Act relieved the Monarch’s subjects from the requirement to burn clarified yak butter before images of the monarch, weekly.

(N. B. I made some of that above up.)
 
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i read the other day, not sure if it is true or not, but there are more practicing Catholics in England now than Anglicans.
I wouldn’t be surprised. Apart from the basic recusant population, the Catholic population of England grew substantially from Irish immigration, in the 19th Century especially, and has been boosted even more by the immigration from Poland and other Catholic countries in recent decades. England is a vibrant racial mix these days. And always has been, actually.
 
I wish you’d told me that before. This place reeks of yak butter.
 
i read the other day, not sure if it is true or not, but there are more practicing Catholics in England now than Anglicans.
It may be true that more Catholics attend services than Anglicans in England. Though in terms of baptized members there are 26 million Anglicans (in England alone) and 4 million Catholics (in both England and Wales). Though it seems that average attendance for both churches are falling.
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i read the other day, not sure if it is true or not, but there are more practicing Catholics in England now than Anglicans.
It may be true that more Catholics attend services than Anglicans in England. Though in terms of baptized members there are 26 million Anglicans (in England alone) and 4 million Catholics (in both England and Wales). Though it seems that average attendance for both churches are falling.
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It looks like Catholics have held the title for first in church attendance for decades then. it is not surprising the number of baptized Anglicans outnumbers baptized Catholics, but a very sad note they don’t show that number in church attendance.
 
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