Anglican Communion

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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.

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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

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subject surface form: Philip the Apostle
Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem religiousCommunity Anglican Communion
this entity surface form: Anglicans
Justus of Canterbury veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Crowning with Thorns commemoratedIn Anglican Communion
Carrying of the Cross devotionalPracticeIn Anglican Communion
Barnabas the Apostle veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Resurrection doctrineIn Anglican Communion
Episcopal Diocese of Virginia affiliation Anglican Communion
this entity surface form: Anglican Communion (through the Episcopal Church)
Matthew veneratedIn Anglican Communion
subject surface form: Matthew the Apostle
Diocese of Liverpool partOf Anglican Communion
Diocese of Manchester belongsToCommunion Anglican Communion
Saint Richard of Chichester veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Diocese of Newcastle liturgicalTradition Anglican Communion
Diocese of Newcastle partOf Anglican Communion
Bishop of Basingstoke communion Anglican Communion
Diocese of Sheffield partOfCommunion Anglican Communion
Edmund the Martyr, king of East Anglia veneratedIn Anglican Communion
subject surface form: Edmund the Martyr
Anglo-Catholicism associatedWithChurch Anglican Communion
Julian of Norwich veneration Anglican Communion
All Angels veneratedBy Anglican Communion
Grace Cathedral primaryDenominationalBody Anglican Communion
Saint Elizabeth veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Æthelwold of Winchester veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Choral Evensong denominationalUse Anglican Communion
Clemens Romanus veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Saint Vincent of Saragossa veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Cyprian of Carthage veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Raphael (archangel) veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Vajk veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Olaf II of Norway veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Church of Nigeria communionMembership Anglican Communion
Church of Uganda communion Anglican Communion
Church of Uganda partOf Anglican Communion
this entity surface form: worldwide Anglican Communion
Compline usedIn Anglican Communion
Saint Drostan hasPlaceOfVeneration Anglican Communion
Saint Drostan veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Saint Hippolytus veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Saint Olaf veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Iacobus Maior veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Diocese of Kigali communionMembership Anglican Communion