The German and English languages come from the same language source. There were at one point two parts of the greater group of Germanic languages. The English language was practiced in the British Isles playing with the Gaelic language, while the German language was doing its own thing in Germany. In the fifth century, the Jutes, the Angles, and the Saxons migrated to Britain and the Germanic language was then interlaced with the Celtic-English, making English a predominately German language.
In 1066, the Norman invasion took place in England and William the Conqueror became the first French ruler of the land. The Saxons were pissed and refused to use the French language in Britain, though it was the law. After a while though, the Germanic English of Britain began to blend with the French language creating Middle English. If you notice, our English spelling is very similar to German but our pronunciations are closer to French. This, you can see, makes the English language stuck between German and French.
What does this have to do with the Anglicans you ask? Well, philosophers believe that the separation from the Catholic Church was inevitable for the English because of their language. The language of a people represents their thinking. With their language’s grammar being between French and German, the English needed a religion that was just as balanced. Creating the Church of England moved their position of thought closer to a halfway between the (French) Catholic theology and the (German) Protestant ideologies.
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