What does Anglo-Catholic mean?
The Church in England was once a part of what we now call the Roman Catholic Church. Anglo-Catholics are those members of the Church of England who believe that we are, essentially, the same Church, separated by the accidents of history. We have the same orders of bishops, priests and deacons; we celebrate the same Eucharist; we read the same bible; we believe in the same sacraments. The word ‘Catholic’ means ‘universal’, ‘the whole faith’ (rather than bits that we might want to pick and choose). For that reason we recite, each Sunday a statement of our belief called the Creed.
