I am trying to find more information on conservative Anglicans that are not liberal Episcopalians, Anglo-Catholics, & low church evangelicals. I am looking for I guess reformed Anglicans who subscribe the the 39 articles & practice worship according to the bcp. What groups are out there?
Welcome to AF, Indy Mike. "Groups" are Roman Catholic, with their many theologies and mystical societies. Most "groups" in Anglicanism are priestly & monastic orders, societies, congregations, and such which have been created over the past 150 years, in imitation of Rome. Traditionally, our holy Church needed no special groups or communities to live a 'consecrated' life spiritually; the faith had its expression in the simple bishops and their priests of the dioceses of the Church. Because the Reformed-Catholic, BCP-using, surplice-wearing priests are conservative in the "high church protestant" sense, they will naturally stick to the conservative, classical Anglican model of just staying with their bishop, wherever they are. In brief: you have to look for individual bishops, and individual priests. Some of us are moving to change that, creating societies in which all who hold these very views can be united across the world in communication and prayer.
Henry VIII was not really an Anglican, but a greedy Roman Catholic used by God to accomplish His Will, rather like the King of Assyria. The Wesleyans eventually felt the need to leave in schism around 1790, because the Church was so adamant against factionalism. The Puritans were obviously just dissenters, and we know what became of their mindset. Factions & groups are useless in This Life. As for Indy Mike: even traditionalists tend to adopt various vestments such as the Chasuble, since the Anglo-Catholics have insinuated themselves so far into the life of the Church. It'll be a glorious day when that novelty is rooted out, and the plain religion of Elizabeth, James, Laud, the Kings Charles, and the Georgians comes back.
How can he be a Roman Catholic as he was excommunicated by the head of the Roman Catholic Church? I would say he was as As he was declared the "defender of the faith, and in earth of the church of England and also of Ireland supreme head". He had a reformer's heart in that he defined the use of images in churches; the honoring of saints and the Virgin Mary; the invocation of saints; the observance of various rites and ceremonies as good and laudable, such as clerical vestments, sprinkling of holy water, bearing of candles on Candlemas-day, giving of ashes on Ash Wednesday; and the doctrine of purgatory, and prayers for the dead in purgatory all as being non-essential doctrines of the faith. Further, he tried to reform the practice of venerating relics so that they conformed to a biblical understanding of the practice, he threw off the yoke of the papacy, called for a return to concilliar church or the patristic era, and disavowed the Roman practice of indulgences.
There are some parishes like that which you describe. The Reformed Episcopal Church is a great 'part' of the ACNA. Of course there are still parishes in the Episcopal Church who would fit that description as well, you just have to spend some time searching and visiting.
You may want to look into Traditional Anglicans of which I am one, they follow the Traditional practises of the church but are not Anglo-Catholic, Liberal or Low church Evangelicals. A church called All saints I think in San Antonio, Texas USA has put together a booklet called 'What do Traditionals Anglicans believe?' which I stumbled across by accident once, it has some pretty good over all information about beliefs, practises etc and information on websites etc, you may find that really helpful, I did when I read it, I thought it had a lot in there for people who didn't want to follow anglo-catholicism but wanted to stick to the traditional practises of the church. I'm sorry I can't link you too the booklet but if you google the Title it will be pretty easy to find. I found the link http://www.anglicanbeliefs.com the booklet is a PDF at the bottom of the page.
I guess I'd fall into the category of Reformed Anglican. I worship in an Anglican parish where the pastor uses the 1928 Book of Common Prayer.
This wasn't Henry VIII who made these changes it was the first Archbishop of Canterbury who made the changes as he was on the side of the reformers being lead by what happened with Martin Luther, Henry VIII gave him the opputunity in which he was able to follow his heart away from the Catholic Church by making him the new Archbishop and by putting him in the main position of Authority in the Church of England which is why the Archbishop of Canterbury is today still the main Bishops seat within the Church, it has never been changed.
Welcome Mike! There are still conservatives in the ECUSA, myself included. If you're in Indy as your screen name implies, I'd look at the ACC church at 63rd & Keystone! Jeff Cathedral of St. Edward the Confessor, ACC Address 6361 North Keystone Avenue Indianapolis, Indiana 46220 Contact Father Charles King and Father Daniel Jennings 317-253-3949
The first Archbishop of Canterbury was St. Augustine of Canterbury. I don't think that the first reformers of the C of E did anything except under the authority and with the support of Henry.