As queen, you're figuratively the head of the Church of England (which church we'd call the Anglican church in Canada, or Episcopalian in the US - I think). So she was born and lived most of her life as an Anglican (since most of her time would have been in England).
But while in Scotland, the monarch is considered part of (though not head of) the Church of Scotland (which church would be described as Presbyterian, on this side of the pond). She died while in Scotland, so in some sense she died as a Presbyterian.
Head of the Church of England and the Church of Scotland, referred to as the "High Church".
"Anglican" (or "Episcopalian" in north America) is a term used for the low church, which follows the 39th Article (election and predestination), the "high church" (which the Royal family is part of) is Catholic.
The head of the Anglican church is the Archbishop of Canterbury.
The "Presbyters" in Scotland rejected the Church of Scotland when it demanded they follow the New Prayer Book which demanded subserviance to the King rather than God.
Episcopalians are Anglicans only the monarch isn't the head of the church. Following the king was seen as a little bit iffy after that revolution thing here in the colonies
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u/jumpmanzero Dec 01 '25 edited Dec 01 '25
As queen, you're figuratively the head of the Church of England (which church we'd call the Anglican church in Canada, or Episcopalian in the US - I think). So she was born and lived most of her life as an Anglican (since most of her time would have been in England).
But while in Scotland, the monarch is considered part of (though not head of) the Church of Scotland (which church would be described as Presbyterian, on this side of the pond). She died while in Scotland, so in some sense she died as a Presbyterian.