Is it really a big transition?
I dated a guy was was Anglican, and he said it’s “J.V. Catholic”.
If you are Congregationalist tending towards Baptist (which would be the best guess to make given your screen name), or a non-believer, they look basically the same—just like the Life of Brian, from some perspectives, looks basically the same as the Life of Christ.
If you are close to the subject, or a believer, they appear to be different.
it depends.
The Anglican church retains a Calvinist philosophy with the external trappings (but not the depth) of Catholicism.
In many ways this was a compromise solution arrived at by good queen Bess.
The liturgy lay at the heart of the English religion, and the Mass lay at the heart of the liturgy. In the Mass the redemption of the world, wrought on Good Friday once and for all, was renewed and made fruitful for all who believed. Christ Himself became present on the altar of the parish church, body, soul and divinity and he nourished and renewed the Church and the world. As kneeling congregations raised their eyes to see the Host held high, they were transported to Calvary itself, and gathered not only into the passion and resurrection of Christ, but into the full sweep of salvation history as a wholeIt then describes how Harry 8's destruction tore out the soul of the English nation that was then trampled upon by Cromwell.
Good book to read if a little weighty