Whats the difference between the Catholic ethos and the Church of Ireland ethos?
Ethos is the disposition, character, or fundamental values peculiar to a specific person, people, culture, or movement. The Church of Ireland is a branch of the Anglican Communion. Anglicanism has its origins in Henry VIII’s 16th-century break with Rome and establishment of an autonomous national church because of the pope’s refusal to let him divorce his first wife. Briefly suppressed during the Catholic Restoration under Queen Mary (1553-1558), the national church was restored by Elizabeth I in 1558 and has been England’s established church since then. Its titular head is the reigning monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. Here is the official website of the Church of Ireland: http://www.ireland.anglican.org/ And the Anglican Communion: http://www.anglicancommunion.org/ With love in Christ.
