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St Peter's Church, Stapenhill
St Peter's is a Church of England parish church in Burton upon Trent in Staffordshire, England. A church has stood on the site since the mediaeval period and it possibly has Anglo-Saxon origins. The current structure dates from 1881 when the church was completely rebuilt. The mediaeval Baptismal font, font was discovered and reinstalled in the church in 1973. The parish formerly included several settlements in south Derbyshire but retains only Cauldwell, Derbyshire, Cauldwell. The parish was part of the Diocese of Lichfield until 1884 and was then within the Diocese of Southwell until 1927 when the parish was transferred to the Diocese of Derby. The advowson of the church belongs to the Church Society and it belongs to the Conservative evangelicalism in the United Kingdom, conservative evangelical tradition. The church has made a resolution C declaration, objecting to oversight by clergy who have ordained female priests and so comes under the oversight of a provincial episcopal vis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of England
The Church of England (C of E) is the State religion#State churches, established List of Christian denominations, Christian church in England and the Crown Dependencies. It is the mother church of the Anglicanism, Anglican Christian tradition, tradition, with foundational doctrines being contained in the ''Thirty-nine Articles'' and ''The Books of Homilies''. The Church traces its history to the Christian hierarchy recorded as existing in the Roman Britain, Roman province of Britain by the 3rd century and to the 6th-century Gregorian mission to Kingdom of Kent, Kent led by Augustine of Canterbury. Its members are called ''Anglicans''. In 1534, the Church of England renounced the authority of the Papacy under the direction of Henry VIII, beginning the English Reformation. The guiding theologian that shaped Anglican doctrine was the Reformer Thomas Cranmer, who developed the Church of England's liturgical text, the ''Book of Common Prayer''. Papal authority was Second Statute of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
