Members believe in the New Testament, and they follow what is written in the Bible without elaboration. Rites are simple. Baptism is of adults. Church of England K ing Henry VIII of England broke with the Roman Catholic Church with the Act of Supremacy in 1534, which declared the king of England to be the head of the Church of England. The Church of England has 6,000 Anglican Orthodox Church members in the U.S. Supremacy of the Bible is the test of doctrine.
Emphasis is on the most essential doctrines and creeds and on the Book of Common Prayer.
The Church of England is part of the Anglican community, which is represented in the United States mainly by the Episcopal Church. Episcopal Church T his U.S. offshoot of the Church of England has 2.7 million members. It installed Samuel Seabury as its first bishop in 1784, and held its first General Convention in 1789. The Church of England broke with the Roman Catholic Church in 1534. Worship is based on the Book of Common Prayer and interpretation of the Bible using a modified version of the Thirty.