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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, with foundational doctrines being contained in the Thirty-nine Articles and The Books of Homilies. [2] Its adherents are called Anglicans.
It remained part of the Church of England until 1978, when the Anglican Church of Bermuda separated. The Church of England was the state religion in Bermuda and a system of parishes was set up for the religious and political subdivision of the colony (they survive, today, as both civil and religious parishes). Bermuda, like Virginia, tended to ...
There are 42 dioceses of the Church of England. [1] These cover England, the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands and a small part of Wales.The Diocese in Europe is also a part of the Church of England, [1] and covers the whole of continental Europe, Morocco and the post-Soviet states. [2]
The Anglican Communion is the second largest Christian communion after the [[Roman Catholic churches. [2] [3] [4] Formally founded in 1867 in London, the communion has more than 85 million members [5] [6] [7] within the Church of England and other autocephalous national and regional churches in full communion. [8]
It remained part of the Church of England until 1978 when the Anglican Church of Bermuda was formed. The Church of England was the state church in Bermuda and a system of parishes was set up for the religious and political subdivision of the colony (they survive, today, as both civil and religious parishes).
Fresh expressions is a Church of England missionary initiative to youth begun in 2005, and has ministries at a skate park [99] through the efforts of St George's Church, Benfleet, Essex, the Diocese of Chelmsford, or youth groups with evocative names, like the C.L.A.W (Christ Little Angels – Whatever!) youth group at Coventry Cathedral.
The Church in Wales (Welsh: Yr Eglwys yng Nghymru) adopted its name by accident.The Welsh Church Act 1914 referred throughout to "the Church in Wales", the phrase being used to indicate the part of the Church of England within Wales.
Following the Reformation, adherence to the Catholic Church continued at various levels in different parts of Britain, especially among recusants and in the north of England. [1] Particularly from the mid-17th century, forms of Protestant nonconformity , including Congregationalists , Baptists , Quakers and, later, Methodists , grew outside of ...