The terms Anglo-Catholic and Anglo-Catholicism describe people, beliefs and practices within Anglicanism that affirm the Catholic, rather than Protestant, heritage and identity of the Anglican churches.
Many Anglo-Catholics today, especially in England, prefer the terms Anglican Catholic or Catholic Anglican. The term High Church is also often used to describe them.
Within Anglicanism, especially in the Church of England, various terms are freque...
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The terms Anglo-Catholic and Anglo-Catholicism describe people, beliefs and practices within Anglicanism that affirm the Catholic, rather than Protestant, heritage and identity of the Anglican churches.
Many Anglo-Catholics today, especially in England, prefer the terms Anglican Catholic or Catholic Anglican. The term High Church is also often used to describe them.
Within Anglicanism, especially in the Church of England, various terms are frequently used - not always entirely correctly - to denote the three principal forms of Anglican churchmanship: High Church, Low Church and Broad Church (or Latitudinarian).
Anglo-Catholicism claims the continuity of the Church of England with the early days of Christianity in Great Britain. Pope Gregory the Great sent St Augustine in the late 6th century from Rome to evangelise the Anglo-Saxons, a process completed in the 7th century. It is commonly thought that the conversion of the English marked the beginning of Christianity in Britain, though...
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