Presbyterian Church of England

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1876 - 1972

Presbyterian Church of England, church organized in 1876 by merger of the United Presbyterian Church and various English and Scottish Presbyterian congregations in England. The United Presbyterian Church had resulted from the merger of some Scottish and English Presbyterian congregations in England in 1847. In England, Presbyterianism, like Congregationalism, had its roots in the Puritan movement within the Church of England. The Presbyterian Puritans who wanted the episcopally governed Church of England to adopt the presbyterian system of church government made little headway in reaching their goal during the reigns of Queen Elizabeth I and James I in the 16th ...(100 of 610 words)