Has the Catholic Church ever received compensation from the Church of England?

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For confiscation of churches and monasteries during the reformation?
 
The Church of England was established by Parliament. Parliament is sovereign. The role of the courts is to interpret the will of Parliament. There is therefore no recourse to any kind of remedy.
 
Off topic, but you’re avatar has me cracking up! Caillou all grown up 🙂
 
Who held title to those buildings? The Roman See? The English government? The congregations themselves?

How certain are you they were “taken” rather than just changed?
 
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For confiscation of churches and monasteries during the reformation?
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No. But this is pretty standard is it not? For example, when, in 1596, Orthodox Churches in Ukraine were turned over to the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Churches in union with the Pope, was there compensation then? Also, there were mosques in Spain that were turned into Catholic Churches and was there ever compensation given for that?
 
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If true then the Catholic Church should recompensate those in question also. I feel that a place of worship built and paid for by members of a particular faith cannot just be taken over by another…
 
In truth I think they should belong to the diocese. In my city I have seen catholic parishes (which were incidentally well attended and thriving at the time!) closed with the buildings sold off and converted to evangelical churches but that that is a decision, rightly or wrongly, made by the bishop.
 
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I feel that a place of worship built and paid for by members of a particular faith cannot just be taken over by another
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Early Christians took over pagan temples (sometimes forcibly) and converted them to churches. Many of these in Rome are still standing.
 
Oh no it was all confiscated all right. All the convents and monasteries were confiscated, ransacked and the lands distributed to the various king’s allies.
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All the convents and monasteries were confiscated, ransacked and the lands distributed to the various king’s allies.
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When Queen Mary ascended the throne and restored Papal supremacy, she and Pope Julius III negotiated that confiscated monastic lands were not to be returned to the church but instead remain with their new owners.
 
Yes and that was clearly wrong and the Catholic Church has publicly apologised for that (dignitatis humanae).
 
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All the convents and monasteries were confiscated, ransacked and the lands distributed to the various king’s allies.
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When Queen Mary ascended the throne and restored Papal supremacy, she and Pope Julius III negotiated that confiscated monastic lands were not to be returned to the church but instead remain with their new owners.
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In any case, if it was unjust, it could be addressed. It could be a bit quixotic though.
 
I have recently gone for the completely shaven look, this after my hair grew so thin that it was pointless to try to groom it. Caillou was my son’s idea.
 
Establishing any religion by an act of parliament will likely disadvantage people of other faiths
 
It certainly could. Presumably this would take the form of financial compensation and perhaps gifting the Catholic Church churches that the Church of England no longer uses, of which there are many.
 
Not to the best of my knowledge, and it is unlikely she ever will.
 
Since Anglicans don’t usually even dispute this, you may want to go re-read your history.
 
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