Difference between revisions of "Anglican Communion"

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The '''Anglican Communion''' is the third largest christian religon in the world after Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodox.
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The '''Anglican Communion''' is the third largest christian religon in the world after Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodox. The Anglican Communion functions as a worldwide body of associated churchs in full communion with the [[Archibishop of Canterbury]]. The Church of England is often seen as the Mother Church of the Anglican Communion and all Anglican churchs.
  
==Components==
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==Churchs in Full Communion==
The worldwide body, the '''Anglican Communion''', is an association of those churches in full communion with the Church of England (which may be regarded as the "mother church" of the worldwide communion), and specifically with its primate, the Archbishop of Canterbury. These include:
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* [[Church of England]]
 
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* Church of England
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* Anglican Church in Australia
 
* Anglican Church in Australia
 
* Anglican Church of Canada
 
* Anglican Church of Canada
 
* Anglican Church of Southern Africa
 
* Anglican Church of Southern Africa
* Anglican Church in Wales
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* The Church of Wales
 
* [[Anglican Episcopal Church of Japan‎]]
 
* [[Anglican Episcopal Church of Japan‎]]
 
* [[Episcopal Church in the United States of America]]
 
* [[Episcopal Church in the United States of America]]
* Extra-provincial Anglican churches
 
 
* Scottish Episcopal Church
 
* Scottish Episcopal Church
 
* Sheng Kung Hui
 
* Sheng Kung Hui
  
[[Continuing Anglican]]ism is a movement of churches whose beliefs and practices are Anglican, but are not in full communion with the Church of England.  These churches are generally more conservative.
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[[Continuing Anglican]]ism is a movement of churches whose beliefs and practices are Anglican, but are '''not''' in full communion with the Church of England.  These churches are generally more conservative.

Revision as of 18:43, July 10, 2009

The Anglican Communion is the third largest christian religon in the world after Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodox. The Anglican Communion functions as a worldwide body of associated churchs in full communion with the Archibishop of Canterbury. The Church of England is often seen as the Mother Church of the Anglican Communion and all Anglican churchs.

Churchs in Full Communion

Continuing Anglicanism is a movement of churches whose beliefs and practices are Anglican, but are not in full communion with the Church of England. These churches are generally more conservative.