Breaking : Queen Elizabeth II has died.
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I was never really into the whole royalty tradition, so I don't really know much past really surface level things.
I just figured, as a British person, you might know… Given, you know, Anglicanism is the state religion of the UK… 😑
Henry VIII made himself head of the Church, when he broke from Rome.
Kind of an important historical fact, that.
But sure, I appreciate it’s not something we think about every day. I grant you that.
Random historical factoids are kid of my thing, I admit, lol…
Not sure why I happen to know this one, whether it was HS Religion or History class, or because my parents were big on Glastonbury Abbey (dissolved during that process), and all that stuff…
Or perhaps because I was “raised Anglican”, lol.
But yeah, that’s… How the Anglican/Episcopalian/Church of England works, so now ya know!
May I ask you what the difference is between Anglican, Episcopalian, and Church of England? I always considered them very similar.
Episcopalian is a subset that I believe only exists in North America. We don’t actually use that term in Aus.
The other two are synonymous. Church of England is the more formal version. “Anglican”… Is a bit broader. Because you have “high Anglican” (Cathedrals. Declining congregations), and the more “evangelical Anglican” (closer to Pentecostal/Baptist. Growing congregations. My local church).
Beyond that it gets a bit wish-washy, but basically… Episcopalian is just a subset, I do believe…
And then amongst the Irish diaspora, it’s really just called “Protestant”, for the most part… Including here, I think.