📙 Chapter 4: A Modern, Thriving Society

4.2.1 Christianity and the Church of England

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Christianity is the largest religion in the UK. The Church of England is the established church in England, meaning it has a special legal relationship with the state. The monarch is the head of the Church of England (the 'Supreme Governor'). The spiritual leader of the Church of England is the Archbishop of Canterbury. The Church of England is a Protestant church.

Key Facts

  • Christianity is largest religion in UK
  • Church of England is established church — monarch is Supreme Governor
  • Archbishop of Canterbury is spiritual leader
Christianity and the Church of England (illustration 1)
Illustration: Christianity and the Church of England

There is no established church in Wales or Northern Ireland. The Church in Wales was disestablished in 1920. In Scotland, the national church is the Church of Scotland (Presbyterian), which is separate from the state. Many people in the UK describe themselves as having no religion — the proportion has been growing in recent decades.

Key Facts

  • No established church in Wales or Northern Ireland
  • Church in Wales disestablished 1920
  • Growing proportion of people with no religion
Christianity and the Church of England (illustration 2)
Illustration: Christianity and the Church of England

📝 āĻ…āĻ§ā§āϝāϝāĻŧāύ āύ⧋āϟ

  • āϰāĻžāϜāĻž/āϰāĻžāύ⧀ (monarch) Church of England-āĻāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ (Supreme Governor)āĨ¤
    • Christianity UK-āĻāϰ āĻŦ⧃āĻšāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŽ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽ
    • Church of England āĻšāϞ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻ—āĻŋāĻ°ā§āϜāĻž — āϰāĻžāϜāĻž/āϰāĻžāύ⧀ āĻāϰ Supreme Governor
    • Archbishop of Canterbury āĻšāϞ⧇āύ āφāĻ§ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āύ⧇āϤāĻž
  • Archbishop of Canterbury āĻšāϞ⧇āύ Church of England-āĻāϰ āφāĻ§ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āύ⧇āϤāĻžāĨ¤
    • Christianity UK-āĻāϰ āĻŦ⧃āĻšāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŽ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽ
    • Church of England āĻšāϞ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻ—āĻŋāĻ°ā§āϜāĻž — āϰāĻžāϜāĻž/āϰāĻžāύ⧀ āĻāϰ Supreme Governor
    • Archbishop of Canterbury āĻšāϞ⧇āύ āφāĻ§ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āύ⧇āϤāĻž
  • Church of England āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ Protestant āĻ—āĻŋāĻ°ā§āϜāĻžāĨ¤
    • Christianity UK-āĻāϰ āĻŦ⧃āĻšāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŽ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽ
    • Church of England āĻšāϞ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻ—āĻŋāĻ°ā§āϜāĻž — āϰāĻžāϜāĻž/āϰāĻžāύ⧀ āĻāϰ Supreme Governor
    • Archbishop of Canterbury āĻšāϞ⧇āύ āφāĻ§ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āύ⧇āϤāĻž
  • Wales-āĻ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻ—āĻŋāĻ°ā§āϜāĻž āύ⧇āχ — Church in Wales 1920 āϏāĻžāϞ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāϞ⧁āĻĒā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
    • Christianity UK-āĻāϰ āĻŦ⧃āĻšāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŽ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽ
    • Church of England āĻšāϞ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻ—āĻŋāĻ°ā§āϜāĻž — āϰāĻžāϜāĻž/āϰāĻžāύ⧀ āĻāϰ Supreme Governor
    • Archbishop of Canterbury āĻšāϞ⧇āύ āφāĻ§ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āύ⧇āϤāĻž

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