Instruments of Unity

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Instruments of Unity are the four key consultative and coordinating bodies that help maintain cohesion and shared identity across the worldwide Anglican Communion.

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Instruments of Unity canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglican Communion institution
Anglican episcopal conference
Anglican office
Anglican primatial meeting
Anglican representative council
consultative body
coordinating body
alsoKnownAs Instruments of Communion
associatedWith Anglican Communion Office
Canterbury
Lambeth Palace
describedAs spiritual head of the Anglican Communion
developedInContextOf 20th century Anglican Communion structures
governanceModel communion of autonomous provinces
hasCharacteristic consultative rather than legislative
express moral authority rather than juridical authority
hasFunction focus of unity for the Anglican Communion
hasParticipants bishops
bishops of the Anglican Communion
clergy
laity
primates of the Anglican Communion
hasPurpose coordinate common Anglican mission and witness
foster shared identity across the Anglican Communion
maintain cohesion in the Anglican Communion
provide consultation among Anglican provinces
includes Anglican Consultative Council
Archbishop of Canterbury
Lambeth Conference
Primates’ Meeting
surface form: Primates Meeting
influences common Anglican teaching and practice
languageOfUse English
meetingFrequency approximately every ten years
numberOfInstruments 4
partOf Anglican Communion
relatedConcept Anglican Communion polity
Anglican ecclesiology
religiousTradition Anglicanism
roleWithin Instruments of Unity
Instruments of Unity
Instruments of Unity self-linksurface differs
Instruments of Unity
scope Anglican Communion
surface form: worldwide Anglican Communion
supports maintenance of communion despite provincial autonomy
mutual consultation among Anglican provinces
usedBy Anglican Communion Office
Anglican church leaders
Anglican theologians

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Instruments of Unity roleWithin Instruments of Unity self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Anglican Consultative Council