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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Honorius of Canterbury veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Hugh of Lincoln veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Dunstan veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Dunstan as Archbishop of Canterbury veneratedIn Anglican Communion
subject surface form: Dunstan
Oswald as Bishop of Worcester veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Oswald of Worcester veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Richard de Wych veneratedIn Anglican Communion
St Frideswide veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Bishop of Berwick communion Anglican Communion
Peter veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Peter veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Bishop Wilfrid veneratedIn Anglican Communion
subject surface form: Wilfrid
Valerius of Saragossa veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Pope Evaristus veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Pope Anacletus veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Saint Cenydd veneratedIn Anglican Communion
John of God veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Glyn Simon partOf Anglican Communion
Stephen I veneratedIn Anglican Communion
subject surface form: Stephen I of Hungary
St. Olaf veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Primate of All Nigeria partOf Anglican Communion
Henry Ndukuba affiliation Anglican Communion
Olaf Haraldsson veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Saint Marcellus veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Nicholas Okoh affiliation Anglican Communion
Peter Eagles partOf Anglican Communion
The Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint George veneratedIn Anglican Communion
subject surface form: Blessed Virgin Mary
Chapter of Truro Cathedral affiliation Anglican Communion
Drostán veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Saint Chrysanthus veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Saint Daria veneratedIn Anglican Communion
All Saints’ Church affiliation Anglican Communion
subject surface form: All Saints’ Church, Langport
Wigstan veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Saint Wigstan veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Saint Juliana veneratedIn Anglican Communion
King Edmund of East Anglia veneratedIn Anglican Communion
subject surface form: Edmund of East Anglia
Saint Lucius veneratedIn Anglican Communion
St. John’s College affiliation Anglican Communion
St John the Baptist veneratedIn Anglican Communion
subject surface form: John the Baptist
Anglican Church of Rwanda communion Anglican Communion
Saint Mark veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Olav Haraldsson veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Gorgonia of Nazianzus veneratedIn Anglican Communion