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Church of England
noun
the established church in England, Catholic in faith and order, but incorporating many principles of the Protestant Reformation and independent of the papacy.
Church of England
noun
the reformed established state Church in England, Catholic in order and basic doctrine, with the Sovereign as its temporal head
Church of England
The established church (see also established church) in England. The Church of England is Protestant and is governed by bishops, with the king or queen as its official head. One of the primary results of the Reformation, it was founded in the early sixteenth century when King Henry VIII declared that he, not the pope, was the head of the Christian Church in England. The Church of England is the original church of the Anglican Communion.
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Lisa Bryan had been helping children cross the road outside Eye Church of England Primary School in Peterborough for more than 26 years.
At 18:30 BST, churches and cathedrals across the country will ring their bells, which the Church of England says will echo the sounds that swept across the country in 1945.
The Church of England has also issued a response to the attack, thanking emergency services and people who stayed at the scene to support victims.
It is the first time Prince William has represented the monarch - who is the head of the Church of England - at an international funeral.
The acting head of the Church of England, the Archbishop of York, described him as a "holy man of God" who was "also very human".
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