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It is the location of St Peter's Church, the oldest-surviving Anglican church outside the British Isles (Britain and Ireland), and the oldest surviving non-Roman Catholic church in the New World, also established in 1612. It remained part of the Church of England until 1978, when the Anglican Church of Bermuda separated.
It is the location of St. Peter's Church, the oldest-surviving Anglican church outside of the British Isles (Britain and Ireland) and the oldest surviving non-Roman Catholic church in the New World, also established in 1612. It remained part of the Church of England until 1978 when the Anglican Church of Bermuda was formed.
From 1796 to 1818 the Church began operating in Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon), following the 1796 start of British colonisation, when the first services were held for the British civil and military personnel. In 1799, the first Colonial Chaplain was appointed, following which CMS and SPG missionaries began their work, in 1818 and 1844 respectively.
Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition which developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, [1] in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe.
1675 – Illinois Confederation (Roman Catholic Church) 1680 – Siau goes from Catholic to Reformed [17] 1700s – Kingdom of Bolaang Mongondow (Reformed Church) 1819 – Kingdom of Tahiti, Kingdom of Hawaii (Congregational Church) 1829 – Spokane, Kutenai (Anglican Church) 1830 – Samoa (Congregational Church) 1831 – Tonga (Methodist Church)
The English Church then broke away first from the authority of the Pope and bishops over the King and then from some doctrines and practices of the Catholic Church. It then became the Church of England rather than a regional division of the Catholic church. The English Reformation began as more of a political affair than a theological dispute.
In 1740, Whitefield began touring New England. He landed in Newport, Rhode Island, on September 14, 1740, and preached several times in the Anglican church. He then moved on to Boston, Massachusetts, where he spent a week. There were prayers at King's Chapel (at the time an Anglican church) and preaching at Brattle Street Church and South ...
Act of Supremacy 1558 confirmed Elizabeth as Head of the Church of England and abolished the authority of the Pope in England. Final break with the Roman Church 1559 Act of Uniformity 1558 required attendances at services where a newly revised Book of Common Prayer was used. 1560 Geneva Bible published in Switzerland Published by Sir Rowland Hill.