Anglican Timeline

1554-1660 - Puritans 

1584-1776 - American Colonies 

1776-1789 - Origin of the Episcopal Church 

1888-2000 - History of Episopal Church 

2000-Present era / Pushback  

44 - Roman Conquest of Britain, first Christians arrive soon after 

325 - British Bishops attend the Council of Nicea

400-600 - Celtic Monk Missionaries 

432 - Saint Patrick arrives in Ireland 

457 - new system to celebrate Easter, isolates English Church from continent 

663 - Church begins to come under the authority of Rome  

731 - Venerable Bede completes Ecclesiastical History of the English People, origin of AD dating system

796 - Collect for Purity introduced(1)

1070 - Primacy of the See of Canterbury 

1080 - William the Conqueror reminds the Pope that the King of England owes him no allegiance 

1220 - Salisbury Cathedral begun, the Order of Service here becomes the model for Archbishop Cranmer’s Book of Common Prayer 

1381 - John Wycliffe, Oxford Theologian, publishes Confessions which denies Transubstantiation

1382 - Wycliffe completes English translation of the Latin Vulgate 

1517 - Reformation Proper begins 

1525 - Henry VIII wanted an annulment, not a divorce. Henry was a practicing Catholic and thought God wasn’t allowing him to have a child (an heir) because he had not blessed the marriage. 

Pope refused to grant the annulment, a power struggle ensues

1529 - Henry begins the process of getting annulment apart from the Catholic Church  

1532 - Thomas Cranmer becomes Archbishop of Canterbury

1534 - Henry declares himself Supreme Head of Anglican Church 

1536 - Henry abolishes monasteries 

1544 - Cranmer asked to create Prayer Book 

Cranmer was influenced by Luther, Calvin and other reformers. Henry wanted common (same) worship, he wanted the Liturgy to be in English 

1547 - Henry dies, Edward VI takes the throne 

Edward was a child, Council of Regency, Council was largely Protestant

Cranmer removes vestments, holy water, crucifixes 

1549 - First Book of Common Prayer released on Pentecost

Emphasized participation in the Eucharist

Ends Clerical Celibacy

Required reading of entire Bible 

1552 - Prayer Book Revised, suited more Protestants

Cranmer knew not to change everything at once, incremental change 

1552 introduced more changes - no more signing of the Cross at Confirmation, Holy Oil, Reserved Sacrament, Prayers for the Dead/

Goes back and forth between more Protestant and more Catholic

1553 - Edward VI dies, Mary Tutor, daughter of Catholic Catherine of Aragon, takes over. Staunch Roman Catholic, fires married Priests

1555 - Mary executes Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridley

Cranmer initially recants but repudiates it, Cranmer was burned at the stake, thrust his unworthy right hand into the fire first because it was the hand that signed his recantation

1558 - Mary dies, Elizabeth I becomes Queen (Daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, Protestant)

Mother of Modern Anglicanism

1559 - Prayer Book Revised Again

Reintroduces Surplice (white outer vestment that goes over Cassock)

1563 - 39 Articles drafted, doctrinal statement, summarizes doctrine and practice, finalized in 1571

Elizabeth sets out a Middle Ground, not just between Protestants and Catholics but all Protestant views

Helps cultivate environment of Religious Freedom 

1571 - 39 Articles ratified

1581 - Richard Hooker ordained, would write anti-Puritan book

1597 - Francis Drake, first Anglican Service in North America

1604 - Prayer Book revised again

1611 - King James Bible comes out 

1687 - Anglican Liturgy introduced in South Church, Boston on Good Friday

1784 - First Bishop Ordained - Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America (didn’t want to say Anglican)

1789 - First General Convocation 

1892 - New Prayer Book, prayers for the dead re-introduced 

1960 - James Pike becomes Bishop of California

   Denies virgin birth, incarnation and the trinity

   Does seances in the desert 

   Was never brought up on charges of heresy 

1974 - 11 women ordained without authorization of the General Convention

   Bishop never disciplined or even challenged

   General Convention becomes irrelevant as people just start doing their own thing 

1979 - Prayer Book revised, largest revision since 1549

   Options, less Common worship, more of a how-to create your own Worship

2000 - beginning of pushback against leftward drift, Episcopal Church is at the forefront of progressive changes

2000 - Anglican Mission in America created to plant more traditional Anglican Churches parallel to the more Liberal Churches in America (normally there is only one Anglican Chruch in a geographical area

2003 - Gene Robinson consecrated first openly gay Bishop in Episcopal Church 

2006 - CANA formed, under Bishop of Nigeria (AMA was basically two rogue Bishops with no authority) 

2009 - diocese leave Episcopal Church - Ft Worth, Pittsburgh, San Joaquim, Quincy 

2009 - ACNA formed, Robert Duncan (Pittsburgh) named Archbishop