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• Christianity is not simply a Jewish sect.
• Christianity established itself throughout the Roman Empire as highly organized hierarchy separate from the State and predominantly Gentile.
3. The Other Religious Denominations
A. The Jewish Faith More than half live in London.
B. The Catholic Church The leader is the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster. The UK is divided into 8 Catholic provinces.
D. Archbishop of Canterbury called the Primate of all England, is its spiritual leader and Archbishop of York is called the Primate of England.
E. Bishops and dioceses and cathedrals
“ high church” and “low church”
2. The Free Churches
A. Forming
Many protestants objected that the Anglican church had not moved far enough away from the Church of Roman. They thought the Anglican Church had not completed thrown away the rules and services of the Church of Rome. The Nonconformists wanted to be free to choose their own form of church organization and services, so they formed their own .
pleasure or enjoy civilization in religious ceremony from books and TV programmes.
IV. The Situation of the Religion in Britain
1. Religion in Britain is playing an increasingly less important role in the
3. More Social Social welfare has been a tradition of the church.
4. Up-to-date Church is making efforts to keep in touch
with people in the modern world. 5. No “Christian” political Party
and it is the established church of the English nation. C. It is also called the Church of England. It is one of the main denomination of Protestantism.
Chapter VI Religion in Britain
I. General Introduction
of the three main world religions 1. Buddhism
It was founded in the 6th century B.C. by Sakyamuni. Its doctrine is found in Buddhist Scripture.
e. Quakers=the Society of Friends
They were founded in the 17th century without
ministers and organized services. They believe strongly in peace and helping people in trouble.
social life. 2. It is of much significance in literature and art and in western
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Christianity
• Paul was the founder of Christian theology.
F. It runs its own affairs, owns stocks, shares, land and other properties.
G. It is now all-inclusive, having the ability to be both Protestant and Catholic.
2. Islam
It was founded in the 7th century by Mohammed. The doctrine of Islam is found in “Quran”.
3. Christianity
It came into being in A.D. 30 and its doctrine is the Holy Bible.
i. Puritanism
• It arose in the late 16th century.
• Puritans wished the ceremonies to be simplified; the organization under archbishops and bishops to be abolished; the moral rule to be strict.
They have a regular form of church service.
c. The Congregational Church late 16thC.
d. the Baptist Church 17th C. They insisted that the church should be independent, against any interference from outside.
• They insisted that man should purify his life, whence their name.
• They denounced many common pleasures as sinful and corrupting.
• At the beginning of 17th century, many Puritans suffered from persecution and went to America as immigrants and the Puritans took part in various kinds of political and social activities during the English Bourgeois Revolution.
f. Presbyterian church
g. The Pentecostal church
h. The Salvation Army
First aim is to preach the story of Jesus Christ to unbelievers. They do a great deal of social work among the poor and the sick. The organization is almost military.
• It has three main groups:
Catholicism
Orthodox Eastern Church
Protestantism
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There is no Christian political party which controls the political affairs though religion has much influence over social life.
6. A Wide-spread Interest in Religion People in the modern world try to seek more
B. Nonconformist denominations
They do not have archbishops and their churches and services are very simple.
a. Free Church
b. The Methodist
The main religion of the people in many northern mining and industrial areas, and also in Wales.
C. Presbyterian church in Scotland has a form of government.
D. The Churches in Wales: Calvinist or Presbyterian churches
III. The Tendency and Main Features
II. British Worship
1. The Anglican Church A. It came into being during the European
Reformation of 16th century. B. It is the most important denomination
1. Unity Among the Churches A. “ United Reformed Church” B. Priests from all denominations discuss ways of
encouraging Christian Unity. C. They preach in each other’s churches. 2. Co-operation Among the Churches A. the Council of Churches for Britain and Ireland B. the Free Church Federal Council C. Inter-church discussions D. World Council of Churches