Concept
Church of England

Overview
Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion
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The followers of Luther, together with what is called the church of England, preserved more or less of the episcopal government, established subordination among the clergy, gave the sovereign the disposal of all the bishoprics, and other consistorial benefices within his dominions, and thereby rendered him the real head of the church; and without depriving the bishop of the right of collating to the smaller…
Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
States what Church of England is; the author is tied to Church of England in the knowledge graph.
The Church of England is confined almost to the kingdom whence it received its name, and to Ireland, for Presbyterianism is the established religion in Scotland. This Presbyterianism is directly the same with Calvinism, as it was established in France, and is now professed at Geneva.
Voltaire, Letters on England
States what Church of England is; opens on Church of England.
This interesting system embodies the opinions held by the Church of England some fifty years ago, and by most Nonconformists then and now. It rests upon the assumption that adultery is sin, and that when this sin has been committed by one party to the marriage, the other is entitled to revenge if he is rich.
Bertrand Russell, Why Men Fight
States what Church of England is; names Church of England twice.
Philosophers who discussed Church of England
- Edmund Burke
- Roger Scruton
- William Wollaston
- R. H. Tawney
- John Stuart Mill
- Joseph Butler
- Adam Smith
- Samuel Clarke
- Augustine of Hippo
- Henry Sidgwick
- Anselm of Canterbury
- Frank P. Ramsey
- John Toland
- Richard Dawkins
- Richard Swinburne
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Opium of the people
- Thomas More
- J. M. E. McTaggart
- Jeremy Bentham
- Bernard Bosanquet (philosopher)
- Charles Babbage
- C. S. Lewis
- John Lucas (philosopher)
Related ideas
- Erasmus
- Evangelicalism
- God in Christianity
- BBC News
- Anglicanism
- Glorious Revolution
- Holy See
- Iconoclasm
- London
- Grace in Christianity
- The Guardian
- Heresy
- Superstition
- Old Testament
- Oliver Cromwell
- Lutheranism
- Archbishop of Canterbury
- Parish
- Puritans
- Pope Clement VII
- Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- Presbyterianism
- Roman Empire
- Protestantism
Place in the tradition
Part of American philosophy.