The History of the Church of England and The Legacy of the Anglican Communion

In the year 410, at a time when Britain started to recover some freedom from the withdrawal of the Roman legions,the natives of what once was known as Britannia. Now, they were left to defend themselves against the Saxon invasion. It was in this period where Pope Gregory I decided to send a mission to convert the Anglo-Saxon people to Christianity. It was 595 when the Gregorian mission began.
For this special mission a Benedictine monk named Augustine was chose.

Now, The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion.

With approximately 80 million members worldwide, the Anglican Communion is the third largest Christian communion in the world, after the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Churches.
The Anglican Communion is an association of national and regional churches in full communion with the Church of England (which is regarded as the mother church of the worldwide communion) and specifically with its principal primate, the Archbishop of Canterbury.

The Anglican Communion considers itself to be part of the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church and to be both Catholic and Reformed.

In United States, the anglican church is known as Episcopal. Also, here in this country, we have the The Anglican Church of Mexico which is divided in different dioceses around the country and where we have a Primate Archbishop who represent us in this large world's communion.

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Very few people realize that the Saxons were desendants from Jacob and Esau in the Bible.... that's what the word "Saxon" means..... Issacs sons....