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.

Anglican–Roman Catholic International Commission → denominationalScope → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Book of Common Prayer → denominationalUse → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Old Catholic Church of Slovakia → dialoguePartner → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Walking Together on the Way → dialoguePartners → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Second Coming of Christ → doctrineHeldBy → Anglican Communion ⓘ

resurrection of Jesus Christ → doctrineHeldBy → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Final Judgment → doctrineIn → Anglican Communion ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anglicanism

American South (colonial and early national periods) → dominantDenomination → Anglican Communion ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anglicanism

Nicene Christianity → dominantInBranch → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Victorian era → dominantReligion → Anglican Communion ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anglicanism

Salvation and the Church → ecclesialPartners → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Province V → ecclesiasticalAffiliation → Anglican Communion ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anglican Communion (via The Episcopal Church)

Province IV → ecclesiasticalTradition → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Old Catholicism → ecumenicalRelations → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Old Catholic Church of Austria → ecumenicalRelationsWith → Anglican Communion ⓘ

ARCIC → establishedBy → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Andrew the Apostle → feastDayObservedBy → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Diocese of Oxford → follows → Anglican Communion ⓘ

ACC → foundedBy → Anglican Communion ⓘ

subject surface form: Anglican Consultative Council

Anglican–Roman Catholic International Commission → foundedBy → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Old Catholic Church of Slovakia → fullCommunionWith → Anglican Communion ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anglican Communion (via Union of Utrecht agreements)

Lambeth 1998 Resolution I.10 on Human Sexuality → geographicScope → Anglican Communion ⓘ

this entity surface form: global Anglican Communion

Family Compact → hadStrongTiesTo → Anglican Communion ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anglican Church

St Mary’s Church, Stoke-on-Trent → hasAffiliation → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Christian missionary movements → hasAgent → Anglican Communion ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anglican churches

Cathedral of Saint John the Divine → hasDenomination → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Anglican Communion → hasDenominationalFamily → Anglican Communion self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anglicanism

Diocese of Eau Claire → hasDenominationalFamily → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Diocese of Guildford → hasDenominationalFamily → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Diocese of Rochester → hasDenominationalFamily → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Diocese of Truro → hasDenominationalFamily → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Diocese of Worcester → hasDenominationalFamily → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Old Catholicism → hasFullCommunionWith → Anglican Communion ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anglican Communion (via Union of Utrecht)

Christianity → hasMajorBranch → Anglican Communion ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anglicanism

Western Christianity → hasMajorBranch → Anglican Communion ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anglicanism

Diocese of the Virgin Islands → hasMembershipIn → Anglican Communion ⓘ

this entity surface form: worldwide Anglican Communion through the Episcopal Church

Clergy reserves → hasPrimaryBeneficiary → Anglican Communion ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anglican Church

European wars of religion → hasReligion → Anglican Communion ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anglicanism

Protestant Christianity → hasSubtradition → Anglican Communion ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anglicanism

Virgin Birth of Jesus → heldBy → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Methodist churches → historicalOrigin → Anglican Communion ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anglicanism

Thirty-Nine Articles → influenced → Anglican Communion ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anglican Communion churches

Reformation → influences → Anglican Communion ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anglicanism

Apostolic Succession → isAffirmedBy → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Provincial Synod → isBodyOf → Anglican Communion ⓘ

subject surface form: Provincial Synod (Anglican Church of Southern Africa)

Nativity of Christ → isCentralToTradition → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Canterbury, Kent, England → isEcclesiasticalCenterOf → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland → isInFullCommunionWith → Anglican Communion ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anglican Communion (in general Old Catholic sense)

Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem → isLiturgicallyObservedBy → Anglican Communion ⓘ

Diocese of Chicago → isMemberOf → Anglican Communion ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anglican Communion (through the Episcopal Church)