Anglican Communion

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Christian communion worldwide church body

The Anglican Communion is a global family of interrelated Christian churches with historical ties to the Church of England, sharing Anglican traditions, theology, and liturgy while remaining self-governing.

Observed surface forms (26)

Surface form	Occurrences
Anglicanism	67
Anglican Church	11
Anglican Communion (through the Episcopal Church)	9
Worldwide Anglican Communion	9
Anglican	6
Anglicans	4
Anglican churches	3
worldwide Anglican Communion	3
Anglican Communion in North America	2
Anglican Christianity	1
Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia	1
Anglican Communion (in general Old Catholic sense)	1
Anglican Communion (indirectly, through the Episcopal Church)	1
Anglican Communion (via Episcopal Church)	1
Anglican Communion (via The Episcopal Church)	1
Anglican Communion (via Union of Utrecht agreements)	1
Anglican Communion (via Union of Utrecht)	1
Anglican Communion as a whole	1
Anglican Communion churches	1
Anglican Communion dioceses	1
Anglican Communion partners-in-mission network	1
Anglican Communion through the Episcopal Church (United States)	1
Anglicanism (former)	1
See of Canterbury	1
global Anglican Communion	1
worldwide Anglican Communion through the Episcopal Church	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian communion ⓘ worldwide church body ⓘ
hasAdministrativeOffice	Anglican Communion Office ⓘ
hasAdministrativeOfficeLocation	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
hasCentralSee	See of Canterbury ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	communion of autonomous churches ⓘ full communion among member churches ⓘ global family of churches ⓘ interdependent provinces ⓘ maintains historic episcopate ⓘ recognizes Archbishop of Canterbury as spiritual focus of unity ⓘ shared Anglican heritage ⓘ uses Book of Common Prayer tradition ⓘ
hasConsultativeBody	Anglican Consultative Council ⓘ Lambeth Conference ⓘ Primates’ Meeting ⓘ
hasDenominationalFamily	Anglican Communion self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Anglicanism
hasDoctrinalStandard	Apostles’ Creed ⓘ Book of Common Prayer ⓘ surface form: Book of Common Prayer tradition Bible ⓘ surface form: Holy Scriptures Nicene Creed ⓘ Thirty-Nine Articles ⓘ
hasEcclesiologicalPrinciple	autonomy of provinces ⓘ mutual responsibility and interdependence ⓘ
hasEcumenicalDialogueBody	Anglican–Roman Catholic International Commission ⓘ
hasEcumenicalRelation	Lutheran churches ⓘ Orthodox churches ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
hasGlobalPresence	Africa ⓘ Asia ⓘ Caribbean ⓘ Europe ⓘ Latin America ⓘ North America ⓘ Oceania ⓘ
hasHeadquartersLocation	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
hasInstrumentOfCommunion	Anglican Consultative Council ⓘ Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ Lambeth Conference ⓘ Primates’ Meeting ⓘ
hasLanguageOfWorship	English ⓘ local vernacular languages ⓘ
hasLeaderRole	Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
hasLiturgicalTradition	Anglican liturgy ⓘ
hasMembership	tens of millions of baptized members ⓘ
hasNumberOfProvinces	over 40 ⓘ
hasOrigin	Church of England ⓘ
hasPolity	episcopal polity ⓘ
hasPrimaryHistoricalRoot	Reformation ⓘ surface form: English Reformation
hasTheologicalTradition	Anglican theology ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ

Referenced by (567)

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

Diocese of Norwich → ChristianBranch → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Diocese of Toronto → ChristianFamily → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Province VII → ChristianTradition → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Filioque clause in the Nicene Creed → acceptedBy → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Gospel of Matthew → acceptedBy → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Lambeth 1930 Resolution on contraception → adoptedBy → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Anglican Communion Office → affiliation → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Cathedral of the Epiphany → affiliation → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Paris → affiliation → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Council of Anglican Provinces of the Americas and the Caribbean → affiliation → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Diocese of Atlanta → affiliation → Anglican Communion ⓘ