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[[Image:Chester.jpg|thumb|350px|Chester Cathedral]]
 
[[Image:Chester.jpg|thumb|350px|Chester Cathedral]]
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The church was formally organised by King [[Henry VIII]] of [[England]]. Like Oriental and Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches (and unlike Protestant churches), Anglicans maintain authority within the church through [[Apostolic succession]].
      
==Reformation==
 
==Reformation==
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This marks the full establishment of the Church of England, largely Protestant in theology but with a hierarchical structure similar to the old Roman Catholic establishment, and a largely Catholic liturgy translated from Latin into English.  Numerous '''dissenters''' had theological differences, a major factor leading to the [[English Civil War]] of the 17th century.
 
This marks the full establishment of the Church of England, largely Protestant in theology but with a hierarchical structure similar to the old Roman Catholic establishment, and a largely Catholic liturgy translated from Latin into English.  Numerous '''dissenters''' had theological differences, a major factor leading to the [[English Civil War]] of the 17th century.
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Like Oriental and Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches (and unlike Protestant churches), Anglicans maintain authority within the church through [[Apostolic succession]].
    
==Victorian era==
 
==Victorian era==
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