Fraternity and hope strengthen relations between Catholics and Anglicans

Fraternity and Hope Strengthen Relations Between Catholics and Anglicans

According to Archbishop Flavio Pace and Bishop Anthony Ball, four years after her death in 1603, the body of Queen Elizabeth I was moved and re-interred in the same grave as her half-sister, Queen Mary I (Tudor), in London’s Westminster Abbey.

United by blood, the two were divided by religious affiliation due to a series of Acts of Parliament between 1529 and 1536, which transferred spiritual and canonical authority over the ‘ecclesia anglicana’ from the papacy to the crown.

The 1534 Act of Supremacy declared their father, King Henry VIII, Supreme Head of the Church, a supremacy that was briefly repealed during the reign of the Catholic Mary, but re-established during the reign of the Protestant Elizabeth.

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In summary, historical events have shaped the complex relationship between Catholics and Anglicans.

Author's summary: Catholics and Anglicans unite.

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Herald Malaysia Herald Malaysia — 2025-10-28

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