High Church

The term High Church refers to members of different Christian churches who tend to favour formality, ritual, and tradition in their religious institutions and lives, as opposed to the Low Church system.

It stems highly from the historic Catholic church, and as seen in the picture to the right, is almost the same as Traditional Catholicism.

The use varies from parish to parish, however almost all High Church parishes hold the same characteristics: lavishly decorated churches, traditional liturgy, the priests wearing coloured robes, a procession at the beginning and end of church, and in quite a few parishes, incense.

Anglo-Catholic is a term referring to people who basically, like to take things one step further. Many believe in almost all the same things as the Catholic church, including Veneration of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the presence of Christ in the Eucharist, Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, and the practice of referring to Holy Communion as Mass.

Traditionally, it was High Church and Anglo-Catholic places of worship that put an emphasis on choirs and choral music to enhance services, and much of the music now sung at Evensong was composed for them.

Examples of High Churches in the Kingdom

 * Alain Cathedral
 * St. Giles' Church, Alain
 * St. Mary's Church, Alain
 * Miptec Cathedral
 * St Genevieve's Church, Alain
 * Vänlingen Cathedral