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Is the Anglican Church like the Episcopal Church?
The Episcopal Church (TEC), based in the United States with additional dioceses elsewhere, is a member church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. It is a mainline Protestant denomination and is divided into nine provinces.
Why was St Mark's church deconsecrated?
1974 - The local population dwindled after the Second World War to the point that the Church of England decided to deconsecrate St Mark's in 1974. 1958 - In recognition of its historic and architectural significance, St Mark's was listed as a Grade I building. 1822 - St Mark's Church is built.
Is Anglican still Catholic?
Many Anglicans locate themselves somewhere in the spectrum of the broad-church tradition and consider themselves an amalgam of evangelical and Catholic.
Why the Anglican Church broke away from the Catholic Church?
Under King Henry VIII in the 16th century, the Church of England broke with Rome, largely because Pope Clement VII refused to grant Henry an annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon.