What is Anglo-Catholicism?

The Church of England is a broad church encompassing many ways of being Christian in one diverse family. Catholic Anglicans, sometimes called ‘Anglo-Catholics’, are loyal members of the Church of England who define ‘Catholic’ as being part of the Universal Church across the world and throughout the ages. We rejoice in the Catholic sacraments, follow Catholic traditions and proclaim that the English Church has always been essentially Catholic in its nature.

St Pancras Old Church is one of many Anglo-Catholic churches across England. Some people think that because of Henry VIII and the Reformation, the Church of England stopped being Catholic and became Protestant. This isn’t true. Unlike many of the Reformed churches of continental Europe, the English church retained her essentially Catholic character shaped by the Creeds, the Seven Sacraments and the three-fold ministry of bishops, priests and deacons.

This Parish is under the care of the Bishop of Fulham, the Right Reverend Jonathan Baker, who looks after churches who wish to receive a ministry in the historic apostolic succession in which all can have confidence. We remain a Parish of the Diocese of London: we seek to play a full part in Diocesan and Deanery life and commit ourselves to dwelling in as close a unity as possible within the Diocese and the wider universal Church.