How did Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s relationship with the Anglican Church change in later life?

In his later life, Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s relationship with the Anglican Church underwent a significant transformation, shifting from viewing Christianity as merely one of several intellectual points of reference to adopting it as his official creed.1

This change was catalyzed by his exposure to the 17th-century commentary of Archbishop Robert Leighton, whose writings provided Coleridge with a sense of sanctity and tenderness that he found personally restorative. By aligning himself with the Anglican tradition of the 17th century, Coleridge sought two primary goals:1
* To establish a firm intellectual and social foundation that would connect him with contemporary orthodox Christians.1
* To pursue a Christian synthesis that he hoped would intellectually and emotionally revitalize the English church.1

This commitment provided Coleridge with a renewed sense of stability, enabling him to produce major works again, such as his Biographia Literaria, and eventually led him to engage in public religious and political discourse, notably in his final prose work, On the Constitution of the Church and State.1