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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Saint Hubert veneratedIn Anglican Communion
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St James’ Church affiliation Anglican Communion
Christian biblical canon recognizedBy Anglican Communion
St. George’s Cathedral religiousAffiliation Anglican Communion
this entity surface form: Anglican Church
St. Peter Chrysologus veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Aegidius veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Saint Gilles veneratedIn Anglican Communion
subject surface form: Saint Giles
Saint Erc veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Colm Cille veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Lucinda Ashby religiousAffiliation Anglican Communion
Cappadocian Fathers veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Pope Innocent I veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Cambridge choral tradition associatedWith Anglican Communion
Church of England parish church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul hasDenominationalAffiliation Anglican Communion
subject surface form: Church of England parish church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Long Hanborough
All Souls observedBy Anglican Communion
Saint Saturnin of Toulouse veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Michaelhouse religiousAffiliation Anglican Communion
this entity surface form: Anglican Church
Gregory Thaumaturgus veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Saint Wenceslas veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Mary Douglas Glasspool partOf Anglican Communion
Saint Vitalis veneratedIn Anglican Communion
St Thomas’ Church, Kidsgrove affiliation Anglican Communion
Botulph veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Dale Bowers denomination Anglican Communion
this entity surface form: Anglican Church
Dale Bowers church Anglican Communion
Saint Zeno veneratedIn Anglican Communion
subject surface form: Saint Zeno of Verona
Province of Wales isPartOfCommunion Anglican Communion
Bishop of Monmouth church Anglican Communion
Charles Green affiliation Anglican Communion
Cherry Vann partOf Anglican Communion
Monmouth deanery religiousAffiliation Anglican Communion
Usk deanery religiousAffiliation Anglican Communion
Anna of East Anglia veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Saint Botwulf of Thorney veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Saint Florian veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Feast of Saint Stephen observedBy Anglican Communion
this entity surface form: Anglicans
St Patrick’s Cathedral (Church of Ireland) Armagh religiousAffiliation Anglican Communion
subject surface form: St Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh (Church of Ireland)
Saint Kenelm veneratedIn Anglican Communion