What is the difference between Anglicanism and Protestantism?

What is the difference between Anglicanism and Protestantism?

Anglicanism is basically just one form of Protestantism which was derived from Catholicism after Lutheranism and Calvinism were.

Angelicanism is a byproduct of Protestantism.


I personally like to look at Christianity's schisms and reflect of the laugh ability of it.

Although Anglican IS Protestant Christianity, it still retains much Catholic believe & practice(veneration of the Mother Of God, the Literal Presence Of Christ in the Blessed Sacrament, etc).

these are christian den oms.

Anglicanism is a denomination of Protestantism. Both started at about the same time. For very similar reasons. Henry VIII, a devout and highly scholarly Catholic, had his feathers ruffled when he realized he couldn't do as he wanted marriage wise if he remained Catholic. So he used his aristocratic position to create a schism in Christ's Church. Martin Luther, a devout Catholic follower of St. Augustine's order, was used by aristocratic barons in Germany. Luther also was scholarly, somewhat less than Henry, but he was passionate, and the Italian Medici family of Florence -- insanely good businessmen -- has "their" pope in place; and that ruffled the German barons' egos even more than Henry VIII. Neither Henry or Luther intended a major schism in the Roman Catholic Church. Bad actors both within the Church and within aristocratic opponents of the Medici's and Christianity in general, facilitated that. Despite it's origins, Protestantism and Anglicanism are chock full of devout, good Christians. Ironically, there are more Roman Catholics in England now than there are members of the Anglican Church. Pope John Paul II and the Archbishop of Canterbury engaged in talks in the 1980s to start mending the rift between Anglican and Roman Catholic faiths. The differences are so minute. (As are the differences between Lutherans and Roman Catholics.) Eventually, if you believe Christ's words, his Church once again will be united (which is what Catholic means). Whether the seat of the church remains in Rome is another discussion. It's moved before, and it may move again. In fact, John Paul II also brought that up for consideration. The Vatican moves VERY slow. If Luther had waited a decade or two, he would have seen Bibles printed all over Europe as monks in England already were working on that for the Church of Rome when he was drafting his personal opinions into wordy these.

a liturgical branch of Protestantism that is inclusive of many strains from Calvinist s to Anglo-Catholics

Anglicanism differs from many forms of Protestantism(but not all in that it has an episcopal ( bishops) form of church government instead of congregational(independent congregations as highest authority) or Presbyterian/synodal

Also, most forms of Protestantism are no longer state churches with the ruler as head(Supreme Govenor )of the church as the Queen is of the Church of England