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Question 1

Can you name any restrictions on Catholics in the UK in the past and today?

Answer 1

Catholics had to worship in private (with discretion)

Bells could ring only with a single chime

Question 2

Can Catholic priests in the UK sit in Parliament?

Answer 2

No, they cannot.

Question 3

Who are the Lords Spiritual?

Answer 3

26 bishops of the estabilished Church of England who serve in the House of Lords

Question 4

What is the religious restriction on the UK’s monarch?

Answer 4

He cannot be Catholic

Question 5

What is the definition of „estabilished“ church?

Answer 5

Church that is the official religion of a country by law

Question 6

How many estabilished churches are there in Britain? Name them

Answer 6

2 – Church of Scotland and Church of England

Question 7

Who is the official head of the two estabilished churches in Britain?

Answer 7

Monarch

Question 8

Who appoints the Archbishop of Canterbury?

Answer 8

Government

Question 9

Where is the official residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury?

Answer 9

Lambeth Palace in London

Question 10

Who is the ultimate authority for the Church of England?

Answer 10

British Parliament

Question 11

Who is the religious leader of the Church of England?

Archbishop of Canterbury

Answer 11

Archbishop of Canterbury

Question 12

How is the Church of Scotland referred to in Scotland?

Answer 12

„The kirk“

Question 13

What is the difference between the Church of England and the Church of Scotland? (bishops, leader)

Answer 13

The Church of Scotland has no bishops, leader is elected by general assembly and called a „moderator“

Question 14

Why is the Anglican Church sometimes described as „the Conservative party at prayer“?

Answer 14

Because in the past it was part of the hierarchical fabric of society

Question 15

How did the Archbishop of Canterbury anger some Conservative Anglicans in 1982?

Answer 15

Because of his meeting with the Pope.

Question 16

Are there women priests in the Church of England?

Answer 16

Yes

Question 17

Are Anglican clergy allowed to marry?

Answer 17

Yes

Question 18

What is the name of the document which represents the doctrine of the Church of England?

Answer 18

Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion

Question 19

What is the difference between „low church“ and „high church“ within the Church of England?

Answer 19

„Low church“ puts emphasis on the content of the Bible and is opposed to Catholicism.

„High church“ are virtually identical to those of Catholicism but they do not accept Pope as the ultimate authority.

Question 20

What are the Episcopalian churches?

Answer 20

Churches in other countries identical to The Anglican Church in general beliefs and practice, episcopalian is the term used to denote all of these churches as a group

Question 21

What were Non-Anglican Protestants known as in the past and what are they known as today?

Answer 21

In the past as „dissenters“ and „nonconformists“, nowadays as „members of the free churches“

Question 22

Name some nonconformist groups in Britain

Answer 22

Presbyterians, Methodist Society