19th Century Religion In England
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Religion in 19th Century England
In 19th century England there was not many religious groups that were popular but many were present (Anthony S. Wohl http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/hypertext/landow/victorian/religion/Hierarchy_Reestablished.html). This was the case because England did not have the religious freedom of the United Stated. Therefore there were not many religions that strived.
The main church in 19th century England was the Anglican Church (Religion and the People of Western Europe: 1789-1970) King Henry VIII established the church in 1550 because he wanted to divorce his wife and Roman Catholicism did not allow divorces. The Anglican Church or Evangelical Anglicans, was created to be a cross between Puritanism, which believed in strictness, and Catholicism, the old main religion. The Anglican Church was said to be a revised religion. Meaning...