This is Shery’s daughter responding, not Shery herself. But I wanted to respond to this article. I am myself an Anglican, and we have always held that Henry VIII was the founder of the Church of England. So the person answering these questions is correct. In fact, I have never met another Anglican who believes that the Church of England originated in the 2nd century with the first missionaries to the British Isles. We do, however, teach about those missionaries in our catechisms, and we believe that they had an influence on Britain’s brand of Christian worship throughout the centuries, whether Catholic or Protestant. Most Anglicans like myself denounce the reasons that King Henry VIII used to bring about this denomination. And we maintain most of the Catholic liturgy and Mass. We have more in common with Catholics than with other Protestant denominations. Personally, I’m saddened by the direction the Church of England has been heading in. I not longer attend most Anglican/Episcopal churches until I find out where they stand on certain issues which have been bringing more and more apostasy to our church. This is an interesting article posted.
Sherry’s daughter, well, there’s always the possibility of coming home to the very familiar. Check out the Anglican Use ordinariate: http://usordinariate.org/