Why Anglican..?
Sunday, May 07, 2006
In the 5th century, Germanic peoples
from southern Jutland migrated to England and founded the kingdoms
of Northumbria, East Anglia, and Mercia. They were called the
Angles (from the Latin "Angli," basically "of Germany"). Together
with the Saxons, they forged Anglo-Saxon England. In Celtic,
"Angles" became "Englis" and anything to do with those troublesome
Englis was simply known in Medieval Latin as "Anglicanus." So, the
Church in England was known as the Ecclesia Anglicanus, "the Church
in England" or Anglican Church.
Today, we use the term "Anglican" to characterize the body of Churches originating from and having roots in the Church of England (such as the Protestant Episcopal Church) and in communion with the See of Canterbury; the world-wide Anglican Communion.
Today, we use the term "Anglican" to characterize the body of Churches originating from and having roots in the Church of England (such as the Protestant Episcopal Church) and in communion with the See of Canterbury; the world-wide Anglican Communion.