The Church in Wales

Origins and History

The Christianity in Wales dates from the Romano-British period. Then Wales had become a shelter for other Brythons, who followed the pagan Anglo-Saxon invasion. It was so much, that the Welsh even refused to co-operate to the Anglo-Saxons’ mission of Saint Augustine in Canterbury.

From the Middle Ages till 1920, the dioceses of Wales were part of the Province of Canterbury. First Wales was a part of the Roman eparchy until the Reformation. After that it became a part of the Church of England. This was meant by a combination of Celtic Christianity’s Rome and English conquest of Wales reconcilement. During the reign of Henry VIII, as a legal entity, Wales was ‘absorbed’ into England. This followed to Establishing the Welsh church, being actually the Church of England.

David Lloyd George, being a nonconformist politician, exerted influence for the separation of the Anglican Church in Wales from the Church of England. This happened at the beginning of the last century. Then the Liberal Government passed the Welsh Church Act 1914. In the House of Lords, the Conservatives fiercely resisted the bill. They blocked even the eventual use of the Parliament Act. This disestablishment was also an assertion of the National Welsh identity.

The Church in Wales Today. Beliefs.

A central part of the Welsh Church’s teachings is the life and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. The basic catechism or the basic teachings of the Church in Wales include the fullness of the Lord Jesus Christ’s human and God nature-100% human and 100% God. Other Biblical truth that the Church of Wales confesses is the Lord Jesus Christ died, and was resurrected on the Third Day from the dead. The Lord Jesus Christ is the door to the eternal life for those who believe in Him. The church of Wales confesses also for the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible that: "For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. " (2 Peter 1:21, New International Version) .

Holy Baptism and Holy Eucharist are the two great and necessary sacraments. Others are confirmation, ordination, marriage, reconciliation of a penitent, and unction.

In the Church of Wales the Apocrypha are used as additional books in Christian worship, but they don’t take part in the formation of a doctrine. The Church in Wales believe in heaven and hell and in The Return of The Lord Jesus Christ in Glory.