What is CHNRCH OF ENGLAND

The church of England is a distinct branch of Christ’s church, and is also an insti CHURCH 200 CIRCUIT COURTS OF APPEALS tution of the state, (see the first clause of Magna Charta ,) of which the sovereign is the supreme head by act of parliament , (26 Hen. VIII. c. 1,) but in what sense is not agreed. The sovereign must be a member of the church, and every subject is in theory a member. Wharton. Pawlet v. Clark, 9 Cranch, 292, 3 L. Ed. 735