Religion In England
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Religion In England
Religion in Britain
Church of England
The Church of England is the established church of the English nation.
Head of the church is the Queen. She was crowned, like her predecessors,
by the Archbishop of Canterbury in Westminster Abbey. The history of the church goes back to before the Reformation to the earliest days of English Christianity. The establishment is part of the law, thus important changes must get consent of the Parliament.
Independence of the Church of England
King Henry VIII´s wife, Catherine of Aragon, had no son. When she later was no longer able to have more children, Henry applied to the Pope to have his marriage annulled. After a long time of discussion Henry decided that as King of England he was the only proper supreme legal authority in Britain. With his break from the supremacy of Rome he did not intend to change anything about the worship or doctrines. Later the influence of the Reformation led the English Church to go its own way.
Priests
In the sixteenth century there was a reform which allowed priests to marry. Today the priests´ wifes do a lot of the work at church. After one year of being a priest, clergymen are ordained by bishops, who now follow the advice of the Central Advisory Council for the Training of the Ministery with regard to qualifications. A clergyman has to go to a theological college for at least two years, thus many have university degrees, but not necessarily in theology.
Organisation
England is devided into about 10,000 parishes, each of them has a vicar. He is centre of many activities, he and his wife are much engaged in many aspects of the life of their local community. He is not paid by the state but by the central funds. An even more important person of the parish is the patron. He appoints the vicar but is not allowed to remove him.
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