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.

Bishop of Buckingham → belongsTo → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Diocese of Derby → belongsToCommunion → Anglican Communion ⓘ

President of the House of Deputies → branchOfReligion → Anglican Communion ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anglicanism

Gospel of Luke → canonicalIn → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Second Epistle to the Corinthians → canonicalIn → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Ascension Day → celebratedBy → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Easter → celebratedBy → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Feast of the Holy Family → celebratedBy → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple → celebratedBy → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord → celebratedBy → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Palm Sunday → celebratedBy → Anglican Communion ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anglicans

Pentecost → celebratedBy → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Service of Light → celebratedBy → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Transfiguration → celebratedBy → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Feast of the Theophany → celebratedIn → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Holy Eucharist → centralTo → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Holy Baptism → centralToDenomination → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Diocese of Leicester → christianDenominationFamily → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Lennon Yuan-Rung Chang → church → Anglican Communion ⓘ

General Convention of the Episcopal Church → churchTradition → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Province of Overseas Churches → churchTradition → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Annunciation → commemoratedBy → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Saint David → commemoratedIn → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Anglican Church of Australia → communion → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Anglican Church of Canada → communion → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Anglican Church of Southern Africa → communion → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Archbishop of Canterbury → communion → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Bishop of Oxford → communion → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Church of Ireland → communion → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe → communion → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Diocese of Arizona → communion → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Diocese of Colombia → communion → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Diocese of Ecuador Central → communion → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Diocese of Fond du Lac → communion → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Diocese of Idaho → communion → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Diocese of Indianapolis → communion → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Diocese of Michigan → communion → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Diocese of Mississippi → communion → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Diocese of Northern Indiana → communion → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Diocese of San Diego → communion → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Diocese of Southwest Florida → communion → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Diocese of Spokane → communion → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Diocese of Taiwan → communion → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Diocese of Utah → communion → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Diocese of Venezuela → communion → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Diocese of West Tennessee → communion → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Diocese of Western Michigan → communion → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Diocese of the Dominican Republic → communion → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Diocese of the Virgin Islands → communion → Anglican Communion ⓘ

ECUSA → communion → Anglican Communion ⓘ