Religion in England

Basic info
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Dominant faith is Christianty with about 59-62%
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The bigger part of Christians are Anglicans, which is the
official religion of England
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About 34% either don‘t belive in any religion or didn‘t
state any
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About 7% combined is made of other major religions like
Hindu, Muslim or Buddhist
 History of religion in England
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Celtic and Norse polytheistic religion before Romans came
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Romans brought their faith and later, Christianity
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After Roman empire fell, Christianity started to decline but was later revived by
Scotish and European missionaries
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In 1533 King Henry the VIII. founded Anglican church with himself, the ruler, as
the head of this newly formed branch of Christianity
– Church of England was founded after the Pope declined
Henry‘s divorce
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Queen Mary made Catholic Christianity as official religion
again in 1553 which didn‘t last long as her successor Queen
Elizabeth reverted this decision 5 years later
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From that point, Anglican church stayed as the official religion
Differences between Roman-
Catholic and Anglican churches
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Appearance of the altar: Catholic – big painting and
cross X Anglican – big windows
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Anglican priests can marry
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Anglican church has no central
hierarchy
 Resources
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[cit. 2022-10-8]. <
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestima
tes/datasets/populationcharacteristicsresearchtables
>
2) Religion in England| TV English Club [online] c 2022 [cit. 2022-10-8].<https://tv-
english.club/articles-en/discover-great-britain-en/religion-of-england/>
3) Difference between Anglican and Catholic| Ask Any Difference [online] c 2022 [cit. 2022-10-
08].<https://askanydifference.com/difference-between-anglican-and-catholic/>
4) Church of England| Histrory [online] c 2022 [cit. 2022-10-08]. <
https://www.history.com/topics/british-history/church-of-england>
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