= Сообщение: 4405 из 12550 ====================================== ENET.SYSOP = От : David Rance 2:203/2 08 Nov 16 00:17:15 Кому : Michiel van der Vlist 08 Nov 16 00:17:15 Тема : The UK Church vs. the Government FGHI : area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:203/2+58210b76 На : area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:280/5555+58205a97 = Кодировка сообщения определена как: CP866 ================================== ============================================================================== On Mon, 7 Nov 2016 11:40:59 Michiel van der Vlist -> David Rance wrote:
MvdV> Hello David,
MvdV> On Monday November 07 2016 11:29, you wrote to Ward Dossche:
WD>>> Now I was told by an American=Irish-Catholic friend that the WD>>> Church of Ireland is the same as the Church of England.
WD>>> Can you comment on that?
DR>> Yes, it is part of the Anglican communion.
MvdV> Do the Irish see it that wat too?
I'm sorry, Michiel, but that is irrelevant. The Church of Ireland which is to be found in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland is not their established church. The Queen is not governor of members of the Anglican communion to be found in other countries.
In the Republic the Church of Ireland is the second largest church, the Roman Catholic being the largest (which is why, historically, it broke away from the protestant rule of the UK). In Northern Ireland it is the third largest church. Nonconformist churches are more popular there.
David
-- David Rance writing from Caversham, Reading, UK
