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You wrote:

“The bishops and priests who became Church of England under Henry VIII became Catholic again under Mary, vladimir998.”

False. Those truly Catholic bishops from Henry’s reign, like Bonner, Tunstall, and Gardiner, were restored to their sees by Mary. That means they had been deprived of their sees by Henry or Edward. Those bishops who were not truly Catholic like Ridley, Coverdale, and Hooper, were removed - as was proper. Can’t you get anything right? Seriously now. You make error after error after error and blithely go on as if you didn’t make them. WHY DON’T PROTESTANTS KNOW THEIR OWN HISTORY?!!!

“An awful lot of jumping back and forth for political reasons, wouldn’t you say?”

Some - but that’s what Protestants are like. So when I read that Cranmer went back and forth it doesn’t surprise me at all.

“Especially for people who no longer existed, according to you.”

False. I never said they didn’t exist. I said their numbers were small by the 1640s. What you’re talking about is the 1550s. That’s 90 years difference. Once again, it has to be asked, WHY DON’T PROTESTANTS KNOW THEIR OWN HISTORY?!!!

How can Protestants be so poorly educated that they can’t even tell one century from the other? It’s incredible.

“Regardless, this does not infer some giant chasm between the early COE and Rome.”

Yes, it does. When the “COE” is willing to cheer on the execution of loyal Catholic bishops and priests it most certainly highlights a HUGE CHASM between the two.

“”Protestant” is not a mantle that has ever rested lightly upon the shoulders of Anglicans because it’s not accurate.”

Yes, it is accurate and it rested very easily upon them for several centuries - that’s why they called themselves Protestant Episcopal Church both here and in the British Isles. Deny reality all you like. I won’t.