Elizabeth, Church of Scotland is Presbyterian not Anglican! Nuala ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elizabeth Atherton" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 3:11 PM Subject: [OEL] Cathdrals > OK - in the UK we have the Church of England, Church of Wales, Church of > Scotland, all members of the Anglican church. Each region is divided into > areas called dioceses. Each diocese has a bishop. The bishop sits in the > cathedral which is the principal or mother church of the diocese. He sits > on > the bishop's or episcopal throne. Cathedral is from the Latin cathedra > meaning chair. There are also two Archbishops, the senior in the south at > Canterbury and the junior in the north at York. > > A collegiate church is an important church served by a college of canons > (priests) not a single priest & doesn't have a bishop. > > ... Elizabeth > > > Now I must reveal my considerable ignorance of things English. What is the > difference between a Cathedral and a church? I thought a cathedral was > just a big church but it appears that there is more to it. Thanks, Ruth > > > And from an earlier reply: --- it was the mother parish church, to be > precise the collegiate and parish church. > > What exactly is or was a collegiate church. The dictionary definitions are > not much help. > My g grandfather was the proprietor of a collegiate school. How does this > differ from an ordinary school? > Cheers, > Graham > > > ==== OLD-ENGLISH Mailing List ==== > OLD-ENGLISH Web Page > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/ > > >