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An Essay about the differences between the Anglican and Catholic church. Communion is mentioned towards the bottom

I found something of interest to us in this essay. "The differences are in the details, for the most part. These differences flow from one central issue: who is in authority. The Roman Catholic Church has over the centuries steadily increased the power and prestige of the Pope, the Bishop of Rome." "The churches of the Anglican Communion have resolutely sought to disperse that absolute authority among several places. A famous report on authority in Anglicanism spoke of this peculiarly Anglican view of authority, which flows, it says, from the edges to the center."

Stay on details of communion. Fancy Latin word....transubstantiation.

We could pull a decent amount of information on this site. It covers the beliefs of the church and some differences from the Catholic Church.

The differences of Catholic and Anglican Sacraments: "Both the Anglican Church and the Roman Catholic Church recognise the sacraments of baptism and the Eucharist (or Holy Communion). However, the Roman Catholic Church recognises a further 5 sacraments - confirmation, penance, extreme unction or the anointing of the sick, holy orders, and matrimony."

An entry on the Anglican Church by the Catholic Church.

Essay by a Religious Studies Professor at University of Arizona about the Anglican Communion.

Basically explains communion.

"In 1870, the First Vatican Council declared the primacy and infallibility of the pope. This increased significantly the division between the two churches. Other points of conflict were: The developing Protestant world-wide missionary movement The increasing role of Mary in the Roman Catholic church, as evidenced by dogmas that she was assumed body and soul into the glory of Heaven at the time of her death, and that she was conceived without sin."

Reasons for Conflict: " The Roman Catholic Church refuses to recognize that Anglican priests have been legitimately ordained and that their bishops have been legally consecrated. This means, for example, Roman Catholics and Anglicans cannot receive the communion elements together. bullet Catholics believe in the existence of Purgatory as a place and state after death. Anglicans do not."

Used this on the wiki