In its beginnings, during the Reformation, King Henry VIII formalised the seperation of the Church in England from any association with papal authority. The Anglican Communion is a fellowship of all the dioceses or regions, with leadership of this group usually coordinated by the Archbishop of Canterbury. Core beliefs include the centrality of the Bible and the key sacraments of Baptism and the Lord’s Supper. Within the Anglican Church there are two divisions, Anglo-Catholic and Evangelical. The Anglo-Catholic church retains many of the features of the Roman Catholicism including the title of priest, seven sacraments and the use of vestments. Ministers lead evangelical Anglicans and services are generally simple, without incense or …show more content…
This is the most controversial belief within Christianity. The belief is that Jesus was truely a human being and, at the same time was truely a God. This argument has run as long as Christianity itself. The first Christian set of sacred texts to be written was the letters of Saint Paul. In Paul’s letters he made little, to almost of no references to any of the physical actions of Jesus, byt rather the theological implications of Jesus’ teachings. However, the Synoptic Gospels, Mark, Matthew, and Luke which tell a similar account of Jesus’ life, are written in a chronological manner which recount the events of his life, therefore having a focus on the human element of Jesus. John’s Gospel focuses on the spiritual element of Jesus’ power, which is later reinforced in the “Book of Revelations”. “He was called God” This quote encompasses that Jesus is a man of power and it shows that Jesus is truely