In 1919, a parliamentary act reconstructed the relations between the British state and the Church of England. The passage of this act had considerable constitutional, political, ecclesiastical, and religious significance, and it is best understood by considering all of these aspects together. The church obtained a new statutory status, a large degree of self-government, and a special legislative procedure that augmented the privileges of its ecclesiastical establishment. All this was achieved without the intense political struggles that had accompanied many church and state issues during the previous hundred years. The apparent ease of the Enabling Act's passage was symptomatic of transformations in the relationship between the Church of England and nonconformity, in public religion, and in the character of British politics. But it was also the outcome of an impressive feat of persuasion and organization. Although the act did not secure the intended degree of spiritual independence, as became painfully evident during the parliamentary prayer book crisis in 1927–28, it placed the church establishment in a more secure position, allowing it to reform its administration and finances and to gain further advantages and new forms of relevance in future years.

1919 年，一项议会法案重建了英国政府与英格兰教会之间的关系。该法案的通过具有相当大的宪法、政治、教会和宗教意义，最好通过综合考虑所有这些方面来理解它。教会获得了新的法定地位、很大程度的自治权和增加其教会机构特权的特殊立法程序。所有这一切都是在没有过去一百年伴随着许多教会和国家问题的激烈政治斗争的情况下实现的。授权法案的明显轻松通过是英国国教与不服从、公共宗教和英国政治特征之间关系转变的征兆。但这也是令人印象深刻的说服和组织壮举的结果。虽然该法案没有确保精神独立的预期程度，正如在 1927-28 年议会祈祷书危机期间痛苦地证明的那样，它使教会机构处于更安全的位置，允许它改革其行政和财政并获得未来几年的更多优势和新形式的相关性。