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When Henry and his son died, his daughter was in power. She was a<br />

pious adherent of Catholicism. She treated cruel to the Protestant.<br />

Until her sister Elisabeth got the power, the Church of England was<br />

consolidated in the doctrines and practices.<br />

The religious problem in history<br />

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During the 17th century, the British Civil war in a respect was caused<br />

by the religious problem. Puritanism became a popular belief among the<br />

common people in the 17th century, but James I and Charles I<br />

persecuted the puritan so cruelly that they forced may puritans to<br />

leave for Northern America. At last the kings persecution caused<br />

revolt. The Parliament, which represented the benefits of common<br />

peoples, took advantage of Puritanism to oppose the king who was the<br />

representation of the Church of England, and then the Civil War broke<br />

out. (Cultural Background for English Study: Britain and Australia)<br />

The general situation of religion in Britain<br />

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After the religious reformation, most people in Britain believe the<br />

Protestantism. Also, the Protestantism is the official religion. But<br />

now everyone in Britain has the right to religious—freedom in<br />

teaching, worship and observance—without interference from the<br />

community or the state. Religious organizations and groups may own<br />

property run schools and promote their beliefs in speech and writing.<br />

There is no religious bar to the holding public office.<br />

In todayÂ’s Britain, besides the established churches and other<br />

Christian denominations, most of the worldÂ’s other religious are also<br />

represented in Britain, including large Hindu Jewish, Muslim and Sikh<br />

communities. (Cultural Background for English Study: Britain and<br />

Australia)<br />

There are also different Christian Churches, such as Established<br />

Churches, The Free Churches, The Roman Catholic Church, The<br />

Unitarians, Free Christian and The Pentecostalists.<br />

And there are a number of organizations exist which seek to develop<br />

relations between different religious in Britain, such as Inter-Faith<br />

Network for the United kingdom, Council of Christians and Jews and so<br />

on.<br />

The institution and the relationship with government<br />

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The Church of England has its own management system.<br />

The Archbishop of Canterbury is the Primate of all England, that is to<br />

say, he is the spiritual leader of the Church of England. After him,<br />

the Archbishop of York is called the Primate of England and under<br />

these to archbishops come a number of bishops. England is divided into<br />

forty-two districts called dioceses, each with a bishop in charge and

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