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hrmjustin

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3. High and low church are a staple of the Anglican World Wide Communion.
Thu Apr 11, 2013, 10:55 PM
Apr 2013

The Church of England is the Mother Church with the Archbishop of Canterbury being the top Bishop of the communion but for the most part a figurehead. The Episcopal church is a member church. The denomination is a collection of national churches that started from the church of england.

The denomination is a member of the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic church. We have apostolic succession and the threefold ministry of Bishop, Priest, and Deacon.

High church parishes are churches that are more ritualistic. Colorful vestments as RCC clergy would ware. Low churches are more the evangelical wing of the church. They are more likely to just ware cassock, surplice, and stole or tippit which is a black scarf that looks like a stole. Broad churches are a mix of the two.

High churches say mass or the eucharist every sunday and many say it every day. Broad churches usually do it every sunday as well. Low churches do it once a month.

Thatcher was low church and did not like the high church wing because the archbishop of canterbury at the time of her PMship was high church and liberal. He challenged her on multiple occassions.

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