الأنجليكانية مقابل البروتستانتية: هل الكنيسة الأنجليكانية بروتستانتية؟ نعم، بالتاريخ والقانون

The Anglican Church is Protestant by history and by law. The Church of England broke with Rome in 1534 and took Protestant doctrine under Edward VI and Elizabeth I, and each new British sovereign must declare, “I am a faithful Protestant.” Many Anglicans add that it is also catholic: the Church of England calls itself both “catholic and reformed.” Both words are said in the same church, and they are meant. The King swears he is a faithful Protestant; everyone…