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    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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    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 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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    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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    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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  • (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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