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

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.

Diocese of Kentucky → isMemberOf → Anglican Communion ⓘ
Diocese of Ohio → isMemberOf → Anglican Communion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anglican Communion (through the Episcopal Church)
Episcopal Diocese of Dallas → isMemberOf → Anglican Communion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anglican Communion (through the Episcopal Church)
Episcopal Diocese of Montana → isMemberOf → Anglican Communion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anglican churches
Great Week → isObservedBy → Anglican Communion ⓘ
Church of England → isPartOf → Anglican Communion ⓘ
Diocese of Exeter → isPartOf → Anglican Communion ⓘ
Diocese of Northern Indiana → isPartOf → Anglican Communion ⓘ
Diocese of Olympia → isPartOf → Anglican Communion ⓘ
Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham → isPartOf → Anglican Communion ⓘ
Diocese of Upper South Carolina → isPartOf → Anglican Communion ⓘ
Diocese of Western Montana → isPartOf → Anglican Communion ⓘ
ECUSA → isPartOf → Anglican Communion ⓘ
this entity surface form: worldwide Anglican Communion
Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth → isPartOf → Anglican Communion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anglican Communion (through the Episcopal Church)
Episcopal Diocese of Kansas → isPartOf → Anglican Communion ⓘ
Episcopal Diocese of Maine → isPartOf → Anglican Communion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anglican Communion in North America
Episcopal Diocese of Wyoming → isPartOf → Anglican Communion ⓘ
TEC → isPartOf → Anglican Communion ⓘ
subject surface form: The Episcopal Church
this entity surface form: worldwide Anglican Communion
Diocese of Ecuador Litoral → isPartOfCommunion → Anglican Communion ⓘ
Diocese of Tennessee → isPartOfCommunion → Anglican Communion ⓘ
See of Canterbury → isPrincipalSeeOf → Anglican Communion ⓘ
Bible → isSacredTextOf → Anglican Communion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anglicanism
Archbishop of Canterbury → isSpiritualHeadOf → Anglican Communion ⓘ
Episcopal Diocese of Dallas → isSubdivisionOf → Anglican Communion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anglican Communion (via Episcopal Church)
Archbishop of Canterbury → isSymbolicHeadOf → Anglican Communion ⓘ
Paschal cycle → isUsedBy → Anglican Communion ⓘ
Anglican Communion Office → jurisdiction → Anglican Communion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anglican Communion as a whole
Fidei Defensor → laterReligionContext → Anglican Communion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anglicanism
Diocese of Hawaii → liturgicalTradition → Anglican Communion ⓘ
Province VIII → liturgicalTradition → Anglican Communion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anglican
New Revised Standard Version → liturgicalUse → Anglican Communion ⓘ
Saint Helena → mainDenomination → Anglican Communion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anglicanism
Afro-Bahamians → majorDenomination → Anglican Communion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anglican
Barbados → majorDenomination → Anglican Communion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anglicanism
Igbo people → majorReligionDenomination → Anglican Communion ⓘ
Archbishop of Cape Town → memberOf → Anglican Communion ⓘ
Diocese of Alaska → memberOf → Anglican Communion ⓘ
Diocese of Haiti → memberOf → Anglican Communion ⓘ
Diocese of Hawaii → memberOf → Anglican Communion ⓘ
Diocese of Honduras → memberOf → Anglican Communion ⓘ
Diocese of Puerto Rico → memberOf → Anglican Communion ⓘ
Diocese of Southern Ohio → memberOf → Anglican Communion ⓘ
Diocese of Toronto → memberOf → Anglican Communion ⓘ
Diocese of Venezuela → memberOf → Anglican Communion ⓘ