What are the differences and similarities between the Methodist and Episcopalian denominations?
Both Methodism and Anglicanism were born in England. Both are expressions of Reformation Protestantism. The Church of England came first, when King Henry VIII broke away from Rome’s authority and established a new national church, under the Crown’s authority, to serve the English. Archbishop Thomas Cranmer supported the King, joined his new effort, and led the writing of a new worship manual called the Book of Common Prayer. It combined several Roman Catholic manuals and used the common tongue, rather than Latin. The Bible was used in English translation, as well. Warfare between Catholics and Protestants dominated British history for many years. In the 18th Century, a movement that came to be called “Methodism” began within the Church of England, led by discontented Anglican priests who believed the Church of England had become corrupt, effete, and too focused on the needs of the aristocracy. Methodism cast its lot with the working class, especially with the new industrial poor. Worsh
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