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4 days ago · The dynamics of the pre-Reformation bond between the Catholic Church in England and the Apostolic See remained in effect for nearly a thousand years. That is, there was no doctrinal difference between the faith of the English and the rest of Catholic Christendom, especially after calculating the date of Easter at the Council of Whitby in 667 ...
- 5.2 million (baptised, 2009)
- London, England
4 days ago · These three big institutional churches formed three-quarters, 74%, of the total of 6.0 million church members in 2000, almost exactly 10% of the then UK population. Twenty years later, in 2020, those same three groups formed only 64% of the total, a decrease to 4.8 million, or 7.1% of the population. That shows something of the increase in ...
2 days ago · According to a British Social Attitudes study, around 8 percent of Britons identify as Catholics. In contrast, the proportion of Anglicans has more than halved, decreasing from 31 percent to 14 percent between 2002 and 2017.
- Missy Wilkinson
3 days ago · The title pope or papa (abbreviated PP.) is officially used only as a less solemn style. Doctrinally, in Catholic churches, the pope is regarded as the successor of St. Peter, who was head of the Apostles. The pope, as bishop of Rome, is thus seen to have full and supreme power of jurisdiction over the universal church in matters of faith and ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
2 days ago · The famous British atheist Richard Dawkins, author of the book “The God Delusion,” said in a recent interview that he identifies as a “cultural Christian” and prefers Christianity to Islam, although he clarified that he does not believe “a word” of the Christian faith. In the interview with Rachel Johnson broadcast on March 31 on ...
2 days ago · Christianity is the predominant religion and faith in Europe, the Americas, the Philippines, East Timor, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Oceania. [10] There are also large Christian communities in other parts of the world, such as Indonesia, Central Asia, the Middle East, and West Africa where Christianity is the second-largest religion after Islam.
5 days ago · The Anglican confessions are considered reformed, and leaders of the English Reformation were influenced by Reformed, rather than Lutheran theologians, but the Church of England retained elements of Catholicism such as bishops and vestments, unlike most Reformed churches, and thus was sometimes called "but halfly Reformed."
