The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the Crown Dependencies. It is the origin of the Anglican tradition,...
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Catholic Church in England and Wales (Latin: Ecclesia Catholica in Anglia et Cambria; Welsh: Yr Eglwys Gatholig yng Nghymru a Lloegr) is part of the worldwide...
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England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers approximately 62%, and over...
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A parish church in the Church of England is the church which acts as the religious centre for the people within each Church of England parish (the smallest...
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Malmesbury (redirect from Malmesbury Church of England School)
Wiltshire, England, which lies approximately 14 miles (23 km) west of Swindon, 25 miles (40 km) northeast of Bristol, and 9 miles (14 km) north of Chippenham...
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The Free Church of England (FCE) is an episcopal church based in England. The church was founded when a number of congregations separated from the established...
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The active bishops of the Church of England are usually either diocesan bishops or suffragan bishops. Several also hold portfolios of national responsibility...
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The Church of England traces its history back to 597. That year, a group of missionaries sent by the pope and led by Augustine of Canterbury began the...
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Presbyterian Church of England was a late-19th century and 20th century Presbyterian denomination in England. The church's origins lay in the 1876 merger of the...
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There are 42 dioceses of the Church of England. These cover England, the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands and a small part of Wales. The Diocese in Europe...
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Westminster (redirect from St Gabriel's Church of England Primary School)
Westminster is the main settlement of the City of Westminster in London, England. It extends from the River Thames to Oxford Street and has many famous...
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The Supreme Governor of the Church of England is the titular head of the Church of England, a position which is vested in the British monarch. Although...
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shore up the position of the re-established Church of England. Charles acquiesced to these new laws even though he favoured a policy of religious tolerance...
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asserted the exclusivity of church weddings to unions between a man and a woman. At General Synod in 2019, the Church of England announced that same-gender...
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legislative organ of the Church of England. The synod was instituted in 1970, replacing the Church Assembly, and is the culmination of a process of rediscovering...
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Middle Ages. The (Anglican) Church of England became the independent established church in England and Wales in 1534 as a result of the English Reformation...
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The title of Supreme Head of the Church of England was created in 1531 for King Henry VIII when he first began to separate the Church of England from the...
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The flag of England is the national flag of England, a constituent country of the United Kingdom. It is derived from Saint George's Cross (heraldic blazon:...
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Anglican Communion (redirect from The Anglican Church)
Eastern Orthodox churches. Formally founded in 1867 in London, the communion has more than 85 million members within the Church of England and other autocephalous...
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Congregationalism (redirect from Congregational Church)
United Kingdom, the Puritan Reformation of the Church of England laid the foundation for these churches. In England, the early Congregationalists were called...
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The Kingdom of England was a sovereign state on the island of Great Britain from 886, when it emerged from various Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, until 1 May 1707...
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allegiance to the British monarch as Supreme Governor of the Church of England. The Episcopal Church describes itself as "Protestant, yet catholic" and asserts...
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Movement/Anglo-Catholic/High Church, which sought to reintroduce a range of Roman Catholic liturgical practices to the Church of England. Ritualism is also seen...
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as of the 2021 census, there is an increasing variety of beliefs, with irreligious people outnumbering each of the religions. The Church of England is...
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the Church of England, the Church in Wales, the Scottish Episcopal Church and the Church of Ireland. For a list of all dioceses worldwide see List of Anglican...
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The Church of England commemorates many of the same saints as those in the General Roman Calendar, mostly on the same days, but also commemorates various...
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position within the Church of England particularly evident in the second quarter of the 17th century (the reign of Charles I of England). A key element was...
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The Church of England (Continuing) is part of the Continuing Anglican Movement. Although the church was widely discussed in Anglican circles at the time...
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accepting Henry VIII of England as head of the church, rather than the Pope. This marks the founding of the reformed Church of Ireland, confirmed when...
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Protestantism in the United Kingdom (redirect from Protestant England)
(part of Christianity) is the largest religious demographic in the United Kingdom. Before Protestantism reached England, the Roman Catholic Church was the...
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