In 1533 Henry asked Pope Clement VII for an annulment of his marriage, and the pope flatly refused since they already had children who had died and a living daughter, Mary. When the annulment plan failed, Henry persuaded the English Parliament to separate from the Catholic Church, Thomas Cranmer was made Archbishop of Canterbury, and he issued the marriage annulment. The 1534 Act of Supremacy, made Henry VIII head of the English Church and officially nullified the pope’s authority in that country. Although the initial reason for leaving the Roman Catholic Church was a personal choice of the king, supported by the government, it was a stepping stone for launching the Church of England squarely into the Reformation movement, which was well under way in Europe. Archbishop Thomas Cranmer (pictured here) became the leader of the English Reformation, and the father of the Book of Common Prayer that we use today. He helped lay the groundwork for what would later be called the 39 Articles of Religion, which guide the Anglican Church in areas of theology and Christian doctrine. Along with many other reformers of that period, he was burned at the stake. Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries the British Empire expanded around the world, and everywhere it went the Anglican Church could be found. The first Anglican Church in the United States was formed in the Jamestown colony of Virginia in 1607. In order to break religious ties as well as political ties after the Revolutionary War, in 1789 the Anglican Church formally changed its name to the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America (PECUSA). In the early 70’s, the name, Episcopal Church in the United States of America (ECUSA) was used informally, but was never officially recognized, and instead; in 1979 the name was changed to simply the Episcopal Church (TEC). On June 22, 2009, the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) held its first assembly in Bedford, Texas and Bishop Robert Duncan of Pittsburgh became the archbishop or primate. Today, the Anglican Church worldwide has approximately 78 million members and is especially active in Africa. Anglican clergy are identified with the apostolic succession that traces their lineage back to the Apostle Peter through the laying on of hands and the authority handed down to people called to leadership in the Church. STRUCTURE Thumbnail view: Province (country or groups of countries) led by an Archbishop, also called a Primate; Diocese (state or groups of states) led by a Bishop; Parish led by a Priest also called the Rector (if it is a mission church of the diocese, the pastor is called the Vicar). There are 38 autonomous provinces in the Anglican Church worldwide with 78 million members. The Anglican Church of North America is also a province of the Anglican Church worldwide and includes Canada, the United States, and Mexico. The ACNA is divided up into geographically smaller parts called dioceses. St Augustine recently decided to join the newly formed Anglican Church in North America and the local Diocese of San Joaquin. Bishop Eric Menees is the diocesan bishop.


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Op, u forgot to mention that there is now African Anglican Church and European Anglican Church because of the European Anglican Church support for homosexuality while the African Anglican Church doesn't support but still has some miscellaneous activities like alots of adulterous and some occult like movements

there is God o!!!