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European History: 1600s-1800s

Anglicanism

Anglicanism
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     Flesch-Kincaid grade level:   7.76

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     challenging words:    religious, original, separation, traditional, divorce, religion, based, leader, particularly, authority, reign, history, freedom, unique, government, subject
     content words:    Canterbury Cathedral, Anglican Archbishop, United States, Anglican Church, Protestant Reformation, King Henry VIII, King Henry, So King Henry, Royal Supremacy, Catholic Church

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Anglicanism
By Sharon Fabian 		  
1     Caption: Canterbury Cathedral, cathedral of the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury, the religious leader of the Church of England.
 
2     In the United States today, we believe in the separation of church and state. The government makes rules about certain things, but when it comes to religion, people have freedom of choice.
 
3     It wasn't always that way. A little while back in history, just a few hundred years ago, church and state were combined in many places.
 
4     The Anglican Church in England is one example.
 
5     Like much of Europe, England was a Christian, or Catholic, country for centuries. There was only one Christian church, and most Europeans belonged to it. The Church of England was simply the branch of the church that happened to be in England, but it was all the same church. The Pope was in charge, and everybody was expected to follow his rules.

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