8.1 Church of England

Act of Supremacy (1534)

makes Henry VIII head of the church

new Act of Supremacy (1558/59)

makes Elizabeth I supreme governor of the Church of England

Act of Uniformity

regularizes worship and includes Book of common prayer

Thirty-nine-Articles of Religion (1571)

doctrinal statement of the church of England

18th cent.: church administration ill prepared for social change

• weak structures in Northern England

• relative poverty of many “Livings”

mid 18th cent.: Evangelical revival leads to…

Methodism

from 1830s, three distinct parties in Church of England

• Evangelicals (emphasis on faith)

• Broad Church (hoped for reconciliation with Dissenters)

• High Church/ “Oxford movement” (emphasis on visible church, see CoE as continuation of Catholic Church)

Episcopal governmen t=

importance of bishops

Supreme Governor

monarch of UK

Two Provinces headed by

Archbishops of Canterbury and York

42 Dioceses in England, 6 in Wales, each headed by a …

bishop

first woman consecrated bishop in…

2015

first woman named archbishop in…

2025

homosexuals can become bishops in…

2013