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The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England. It traces its history to the Christian church recorded as existing in the Roman province of Britain by the 3rd century and to the 6th-century Gregorian mission to Kent led by Augustine of Canterbury. Its adherents are called Anglicans.
The history of the Church of England from the 18th century onwards has been enriched by the co-existence within it of three broad traditions, the Evangelical, the Catholic and the Liberal.
Mar 29, 2024 · Anglicanism, one of the major branches of the 16th-century Protestant Reformation and a form of Christianity that includes features of both Protestantism and Roman Catholicism.
Apr 30, 2023 · The Church of England traces its history in England back to the early centuries of the Christian faith. There is evidence that there were Christians in England in Roman times, and in 597 (after the Romans had left) St Augustine arrived from Rome to become the first Archbishop of Canterbury.
Jun 30, 2011 · Religions. Church of England. Last updated 2011-06-30. An explanation of the Church of England, established or state church in England and part of the worldwide Anglican Communion; its...
Church of England, English national church and the mother church of the Anglican Communion. Christianity was brought to England in the 2nd century, and though nearly destroyed by the Anglo-Saxon invasions, it was reestablished after the mission of St. Augustine of Canterbury in 597.
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 Christianisation of the Anglo-Saxons. Augustine became the first archbishop of Canterbury. Throughout the Middle Ages, the English Church was a part of the Catholic Church led by the pope in Rome.
