Religion

-consisting of the United Church of England and Ireland, and the Scottish Episcopal Church

-now independent from the state

-after Heads of British Isles > 1846-1857 Wilfrid Lawson (Radical)

-considerably more low church than OTL

-because Tractarianism saw way less steam here

-and high churchism associated with Tories, many of which evacuated the official Church

-chiefly Irish

-due to the Roman-Independent Schism it takes longer for it to reestablish its episcopacy

-established in 1870s and it reestablishes existing bishop titles rather than treating it as "discovered country"

-officially Church of Scotland

-now independent from the state

-rather more liberal than in OTL historically

-legacy of Great Irish Rebellion putting the divide between Anglicans and Dissenters to the surface

-here it's Henry Montgomery, rather than Cooke, who's the defining figure of the movement

-it supported Daniel O'Connell due to an alliance

-division into Calvinists and Arminians

-with more Calvinism in Wales than in England

-many churches such as the Wesleyan Methodist Church and the Calvinist Methodist Church in Wales

-very very influential denomination

-as practical leader of Nonconformism

-strong tradition of revivalism

-and deeply tied to Radical Party

-makes up majorities in Wales, North England, and Southwest England

-particularly in industrial cities

-also there is Primitive Methodism

-splinter of Methodism that harkens back to tradition

-officially the United Ancient Church of the British Isles

-merger of the

-Nonjuring Anglican movement, which considered to recognize the Guelphs as leaders of the Church and was very high church

-but splintered with rise of highly unpopular Ernest to Guelph claim

-Independent Catholic Church, which broke over papal infallibility

-included mostly oldline recusants and some converts who broke, because Irish did not break

-Edward Acton, an oldline English Catholic, is one of the world's leading Independent Catholic intellectuals

-very much connected to Independent Catholic movement but somewhat independent-minded in itself

-oldline Nonjurors continue to swear loyalty to the Guelph pretender

-sometimes, but not always, believing the Guelphs to only be Supreme Governors of the Church

-who have also gotten Lutheran-tinted thanks to German influence

-and today make up most high church section of British Lutheranism

-also deeply influenced by High Churchism of Hanoverian Church which it is deeply influenced by

-German immigration in the nineteenth century happened

-and a lot of them are Lutherans

-they create their own churches as a result

-with the French Wars > Fourth French War (1880-4) rising specter emerges of a Habsburg-led universal monarchy

-due to sheer size of it

-sees a lot of Nonjurors uncomfortable too

-with British intervention in French Wars > Fifth French War (1892-5) nationalist wave sees Nonjurors formally abandon any sense of loyalty to overseas

-likewise with Lutherans

-those who do not get detained to sneers from flock against this "treason"

-in 1894 sees formation of the United Lutheran Episcopalian Church of the British Isles

-episcopalian and continuing leadership of bishops, albeit elected ones

-some other Lutheran denominations sign on to this

-arose to the surface in wake of British Wars > Popular Revolution (1827-9)

-which is when it got officially legalized

-becomes quite influential as it rises to the surface

-however, it has considerably more elite membership than outside it

-more than OTL due to more Jews being alive and able to emigrate and US somewhat less attractive

-2 million maybe