Articles about German left in charge of the Church of England (8)
I believe the answer is:
anglican
'of the church of england' is the definition.
(Anglican means relating to the Church of England)
'articles about german left in charge' is the wordplay.
'articles' becomes 'anan' (the indefinite article 'an', twice).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'german' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'left' becomes 'L' (common abbreviation).
'in charge' becomes 'ic' (abbreviation for 'in charge').
'g'+'l'+'ic'='glic'
'anan' placed around 'glic' is 'ANGLICAN'.
(Other definitions for anglican that I've seen before include "Religious person" , "Christian in communion with the see of Canterbury" , "Belonging to the Church of England" , "Member of the Church of England" , "Within the Church of England's communion" .)