Church Assembly

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The Church Assembly was the former governing body of the Church of England that functioned as its national representative council before being superseded by the General Synod.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Church Assembly canonical 4
Church Assembly (Church of England) 1

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Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former organization
governing body
representative council
appliesToJurisdiction Church of England
compositionIncludes bishops
clergy
laity
country United Kingdom
denomination Church of England
dissolvedBy creation of the General Synod
governs internal affairs of the Church of England
hasPart House of Bishops
House of Clergy
House of Laity
jurisdiction matters concerning the Church of England
language English
legislativeFunction consideration of Measures relating to the Church of England
discussion of church policy and doctrine
partOf Church of England governance structure
precededBy Church of England Church Congress
religion Anglicanism (broadly)
surface form: Anglicanism
religiousTradition Anglican
Protestant
replacedBy General Synod
General Synod
surface form: General Synod of the Church of England
role governing body of the Church of England
national representative council of the Church of England
scope national
successor General Synod
surface form: General Synod of the Church of England
typeOfBody synodical assembly

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

General Synod replaced Church Assembly
Synodical Government Measure 1969 relatedTo Church Assembly
this entity surface form: Church Assembly (Church of England)