Church of England

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Anglican church Christian denomination national church state church

The Church of England is the established Christian church in England and the mother church of the worldwide Anglican Communion, combining elements of both Protestant Reformation and historic Catholic tradition.

Aliases (12)

Church of England (historical) ×3
Anglicans ×1
Church of England (broadly) ×1
Church of England (parish church) ×1
Church of England (post-Reformation) ×1
Church of England churches ×1
Church of England leadership ×1
Church of England liturgical calendar ×1
Church of England parish authorities ×1
Mother Church of the Anglican Communion ×1
See of Canterbury ×1
established Anglican Church ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Anglican church → Christian denomination → national church → state church →
cathedralChurchOfCanterbury	Canterbury Cathedral →
cathedralChurchOfYork	York Minster →
churchOrder	bishops → deacons → priests →
country	England →
creedsUsed	Apostles' Creed → Athanasian Creed → Nicene Creed →
currentArchbishopOfCanterbury	Justin Welby →
currentSupremeGovernor	Charles III →
dateEstablished	16th century →
denomination	Anglicanism →
doctrineBasis	Bible → Thirty-Nine Articles →
founderRole	initiated by Henry VIII →
foundingPeriod	English Reformation →
globalInfluence	influential in worldwide Anglicanism →
governance	episcopal hierarchy →
governingBody	General Synod →
headOfChurch	monarch of the United Kingdom →
isPartOf	Anglican Communion →
keyEvent	Act of Supremacy 1534 →
languageOfWorship	English →
liturgicalTradition	Anglican liturgy →
officialStatusInEngland	established church →
ordinationOfWomen	ordains women as bishops → ordains women as priests →
parliamentaryRepresentation	Lords Spiritual in the House of Lords →
polity	episcopal polity →
primaryLiturgy	Book of Common Prayer → Common Worship →
principalSacraments	Baptism → Holy Communion →
province	Province of Canterbury → Province of York →
religion	Christianity →
roleInAnglicanCommunion	mother church of the Anglican Communion →
sacramentalTheology	recognizes two sacraments of the Gospel →
selfDescription	both Catholic and Reformed →
seniorClericTitle	Archbishop of York →
separationFrom	Roman Catholic Church →
spiritualLeaderTitle	Archbishop of Canterbury →
supremeGovernorTitle	Supreme Governor of the Church of England →
theologyTradition	Catholic tradition → Protestant Reformation →

Referenced by (showing first 500 of 618)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Albert Memorial Chapel → All Hallows-by-the-Tower → All Saints Church, Alton → All Saints Church, Wroxton → All Saints' Church, Harewood → All Saints’ Churchyard, Sutton Courtenay → Archbishop of Canterbury → Archbishop of York → Bakewell and Eyam Deanery → Bath Abbey → Benefice of Baslow and Edensor (with other parishes) → Birmingham Cathedral → Bishops' Bible → Boston Stump → Canterbury Cathedral → Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity → Chapel Royal → Chapter of Canterbury Cathedral → Charles Longley → Charles Wesley → Chester Cathedral → Christ Church, Spitalfields → Christmas Day church service at St Mary Magdalene → Church of St James → Church of St Kenelm, Enstone → Church of St Martin, Bladon → Church of St Martin, Houghton → Church of St Mary Abbots → Church of St Mary and All Saints, Chesterfield → Church of St Mary the Virgin, Eccles → Church of St Mary the Virgin, Edwardstone → Church of St Mary the Virgin, Kirtlington → Church of St Peter, Walpole St Peter → Clapham Sect → College of St George, Windsor Castle → Committee of translators appointed by King James I → Common Worship → Convocation of Canterbury → Coronation of Charles III → Coronation of Edward VII → Coronation of George II → Coronation of George IV → Coronation of Queen Anne → Coronation of William IV → Coventry Cathedral → David Hoyle → Dean and Canons of Windsor → Dean and Chapter of Salisbury → Dean of Christ Church, Oxford → Dean of Westminster → Derby Cathedral → Diocese of Bath and Wells → Diocese of Birmingham → Diocese of Bristol → Diocese of Chelmsford → Diocese of Chichester → Diocese of Coventry → Diocese of Derby → Diocese of Ely → Diocese of Exeter → Diocese of Gloucester → Diocese of Guildford → Diocese of Hereford → Diocese of Leicester → Diocese of Lichfield → Diocese of Lincoln → Diocese of London → Diocese of Norwich → Diocese of Oxford → Diocese of Peterborough → Diocese of Portsmouth → Diocese of Rochester → Diocese of Salisbury → Diocese of Southwark → Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham → Diocese of St Albans → Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich → Diocese of Truro → Diocese of Winchester → Diocese of Worcester → Durham Cathedral → Durham Cathedral → Ecclesiastical Household → Ewell Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin → Forty-Two Articles → General Synod → Gloucester Cathedral → Gloucester Cathedral choir → Gloucester Cathedral choir school → Hannah More → Harrow School Chapel → Henry VII Lady Chapel → Holy Cross Church, Binsted → Holy Cross, Shrewsbury → Holy Trinity Church, Chesterfield → Holy Trinity Church, Coventry → Holy Trinity Church, Marham → John Strachan → King's College Chapel → Lichfield Cathedral → Lincoln Cathedral → Liverpool Cathedral → Manchester Cathedral → Okehampton Parish Church of All Saints → Parish Church of St John the Baptist, Cirencester → Parish Church of St Mary and St Nicholas → Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul, Fakenham → Peterborough Cathedral → Province of York → Queen's Chapel → RAF Chapel of Remembrance at Biggin Hill → Round Church → Rowan Williams → Royal Memorial Chapel → Salisbury Cathedral → Salisbury Cathedral choir → Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul’s Cathedral → Shrewsbury Abbey → St Alfege Church → St Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe → St Andrew’s Church, Blackley → St Andrew’s Church, Great Ryburgh → St Andrew’s Church, Kingham → St Anne, Limehouse → St Anne’s Church, Bagshot → St Augustine’s Church, Pendlebury → St Barnabas Church, Shore → St Bartholomew-the-Great, London → St Bartholomew’s Church, Orford → St Bartholomew’s Church, Wilmslow → St Benet Paul’s Wharf → St Botolph's Church, Boston → St Botolph's Church, Lincoln → St Bride’s Church, Fleet Street, London → St Chad's Church, Montford → St Chad’s Church, Shrewsbury → St Faith’s Church, Gaywood → St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, England → St George-in-the-East → St George’s Church, Kencot → St Giles' Church, Stoke Poges → St Giles-in-the-Fields, London → St James Church, Shere → St James’ Church, Littleborough → St James’s Church, Piccadilly, London → St Lawrence Church, Alton → St Lawrence’s Church, Castle Rising → St Luke's Church, Grayshott → St Mark’s Church, Biggin Hill → St Martin’s Church, Bladon, Oxfordshire → St Mary Magdalene Church, Woodstock → St Mary Woolnoth → St Mary the Virgin, Black Bourton → St Mary the Virgin, Hayes → St Mary-le-Bow, London → St Mary’s Church, Barnwell, Cambridgeshire → St Mary’s Church, Battersea, London → St Mary’s Church, Cromford → St Mary’s Church, Glympton → St Mary’s Church, Kington → St Mary’s Church, Luddenden → St Mary’s Church, Mirfield → St Mary’s Church, Rawtenstall → St Mary’s Church, Shrewsbury → St Mary’s Church, Stoke-on-Trent → St Matthew's Church, Langford → St Michael and All Angels' Church, East Coker → St Michael’s Cathedral → St Michael’s Church, Chenies → St Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth → St Nicholas Church, Pyrford → St Nicholas’ Church, Dersingham → St Nicolas Church, Witham → St Olave's Church, Hart Street, London → St Paul’s Church, Blackley → St Paul’s Church, Ramsbottom → St Peter at Gowts Church → St Peter’s Church, Sandwich → St Swithin's Church, Lincoln → St Wilfrid's Church, Standish → Temple Church → The Church of the Good Shepherd, Pyrford → The Queen's College Chapel → The Stump → Thomas Cranmer → Tower of All Hallows, London Wall → Trinity College Chapel, Cambridge → Westminster Abbey → William Sancroft → Worcester Cathedral → York Minster → coronation of George VI → coronation of Queen Elizabeth II → funeral of Queen Elizabeth II → wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle →	denomination
Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge → Alfred, Lord Tennyson → Anne, Princess Royal → Camilla, Queen Consort → Catherine Douglas, Duchess of Queensberry → Catherine Parr → Catherine, Princess of Wales → Charles Montagu, 4th Earl of Manchester → Charles Townshend → Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham → Charlotte, Princess Royal → Colony and Dominion of Virginia → Colony of Maryland → Coronation of George III → David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon → Dean of Norwich → Denis Thatcher → Diana, Princess of Wales → Edmund Burke → Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David → Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis → Edward Heath → Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby → Edward VI of England → Edward VIII → Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn → Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon → Elizabeth II → Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater → Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore → Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford → Frederick North, Lord North → George Charles Spencer-Churchill, 8th Duke of Marlborough → George Grenville → George III of the United Kingdom → George IV of the United Kingdom → George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood → George Monck → George V → George VI → Gilbert Sheldon → Harold Wilson → Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales → Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood → Henry Lucas → Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester → Henry William Frederick Albert → House of Windsor → James Callaghan → James Cook → James VI and I → John Charles Francis → John Churchill, Marquess of Blandford → John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich → John Sharp → John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby → John Vassall Jr. → John Whitgift → John Winston Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough → Kingdom of England → Lady Alice Montagu Douglas Scott → Lady Sarah Chatto → Lord Frederick Windsor → Lord North → Lords Spiritual in the House of Lords → Louise of Great Britain → Louise, Princess Royal → Mary of Teck → Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh → Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood → Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood → Master of the Children → Matthew Boulton → Matthew Parker → Maud of Wales → Mr Crawley → Order of St Michael and St George → Prelate of the Order of the Garter → Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale → Prince Alfred of Great Britain → Prince Andrew, Duke of York → Prince Edward, Duke of Kent → Prince George Edward Alexander Edmund → Prince George, Duke of Kent → Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex → Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester → Prince John of the United Kingdom → Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany → Prince Octavius of Great Britain → Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh → Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester → Prince William of Gloucester → Prince William, Prince of Wales → Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy → Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester → Princess Amelia of Great Britain → Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom → Princess Margaret → Princess Margaret of Connaught → Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge → Princess May → Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom → Queen of Solomon Islands → Richard Fitzwilliam, 7th Viscount Fitzwilliam → Robert Clive → Robert Hooke → Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne → Royal Almonry → Royal Hospital Chelsea → Samuel Wilberforce → Sir Edward Seymour → Sir George Carteret → Sir Godfrey Copley → St Saviour, Southwark → Stow Bardolph → Supreme Head of the Church of England → The Duke of Grafton → The Hon. Gerald Lascelles → The Royal Victorian Order → Thomas Gray → Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr → Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes → William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire → William Harvey → William IV → William Laud → William Sancroft → William Shakespeare → William Shirley → William Strachey → lying-in-state of Elizabeth II →	religion
Archbishop of York → Bishop of Lincoln → Bishop of Salisbury → Convocation of Canterbury → Dean of Christ Church, Oxford → Diocese of Birmingham → Diocese of Bristol → Diocese of Chelmsford → Diocese of Coventry → Diocese of Derby → Diocese of Guildford → Diocese of Leicester → Diocese of Lincoln → Diocese of Norwich → Diocese of Oxford → Diocese of Peterborough → Diocese of Rochester → Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham → Diocese of St Albans → Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich → Diocese of Truro → Diocese of Winchester → Diocese of Worcester → Edmund Nelson → Lambeth Palace → Province of Canterbury → Province of York → See of Canterbury → See of York → St Bride’s Church, Fleet Street, London →	partOf
Coronation Ring → Dean of Canterbury ("Mother Church of the Anglican Communion") → F.D. → Fidei Defensor → Lincoln Cathedral Close → Old Palace, Canterbury → Prelate of the Order of St Michael and St George → Royal Burial Ground, Frogmore, Windsor → Salisbury Cathedral Close → Sancroft → Several Tracts and Discourses → Sovereign's Sceptre with Cross → Westminster Abbey Choir → Westminster World Heritage Site →	associatedWith
Benefice of Baslow and Edensor (with other parishes) → Diocese of Norwich → Great St Mary’s Church, Cambridge → Shrewsbury Abbey ("Church of England parish authorities") → St Andrew’s Church, Blackley → St Bartholomew's Church, Norton → St Lawrence’s Church, Castle Rising → St Mark’s Church, Biggin Hill → St Mary Magdalene Church, Sandringham → St Mary Woolnoth → St Mary the Virgin, Hayes → St Mary’s Church, Sandwich →	governingBody
Article XXXVII Of the Civil Magistrates → David Hoyle → Keble College, Oxford → Saint Peter’s Church, Edensor, Derbyshire, England → St Nicholas Cole Abbey → Trinity College, Cambridge →	affiliation
Bishop of Buckingham → Bishop of Dorchester → Bishop of Oxford → Bishop of Reading → Bishop of Salisbury → Thomas Cranmer →	church
Church in Wales → Church of Ireland → Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe → Diocese of Haiti ("See of Canterbury") → Diocese of the Dominican Republic → ECUSA →	isInCommunionWith
Charles Longley → Geoffrey Fisher → John Wesley → Robert Wilberforce → Theresa May → William Van Mildert →	memberOf
Christ Church, Newgate Street, London → St Luke Old Street → St Mary Magdalene Church, Sandringham → St Nicholas Cole Abbey →	churchmanship
Bladon → Finstock → Methwold → Stadhampton →	hasReligiousDenomination
Archbishop of Canterbury → Crown Nominations Commission → High Commission →	appliesToJurisdiction
St Alfege Church → St Benet Paul’s Wharf → St Stephen Walbrook →	belongsTo
Sherborne School → Wellington College → Westminster School →	hasReligiousAffiliation
General Synod → High Commission Court → Seven Bishops →	jurisdiction
English Separatist movement → Separatist congregation at Leiden → Separatists →	opposedTo
Christ Church → King's Chapel → St. John’s Church (Richmond, Virginia) →	originalDenomination
Clanfield → Cudham → Grimston →	parishChurchDenomination
Fulbrook → Tilney St Lawrence →	churchDenomination
John Stevens Henslow → Thomas Roupell Everest →	clergyOf
Begbroke → Upwell ("Church of England (parish church)") →	hasDenomination
Diocese of Ecuador Central → Diocese of Venezuela →	isInFullCommunionWith
Diocese of Gloucester → St George-in-the-East →	isPartOf
Lambeth Palace → Manchester Cathedral →	ownedBy
Tewkesbury →	abbeyDenomination
St Luke Old Street →	administeredBy
Warden and Fellows of Winchester College →	affiliatedInstitution
Laudian religious reforms →	appliedIn
Earl of Beaconsfield →	associatedReligionOfHolder
Fid. Def. →	associatedWithChurch
British aristocracy →	associatedWithInstitution
Ladies Companion of the Order of the Garter →	associatedWithReligion
Bishops' Bible →	authorizedBy
Benjamin Disraeli →	baptisedInto
Pocahontas →	baptizedIn
St Mary Woolnoth →	builtFor
Winchester →	cathedralDenomination
Bishop of Lincoln →	churchTradition
Book of Common Prayer →	denominationalUse
The Reformed Liturgy →	ecclesiasticalContext
English Separatist movement →	follows
Dean and Chapter of Westminster →	followsChurchTradition
University of Toronto →	formerAffiliation
Henry VIII of England →	founded
Diocese of St Helena →	foundedBy
Robinson College, Cambridge →	hasAffiliation
Clergy reserves →	hasBeneficiary
Article XXXVII Of the Civil Magistrates →	hasCanonicalStatusIn
Truro, Cornwall →	hasCathedralDenomination
St George’s, Hanover Square, London →	hasDenominationalAffiliation
Anglican Communion →	hasOrigin
Wimbotsham →	hasParishChurchDenomination
Bootle ("Church of England churches") →	hasReligiousBuildingType
Church of Ireland →	historicallyLinkedTo
Earl of St Andrews →	holderReligionTraditionally
abdication crisis of 1936 →	involves
Diocese of Mississippi →	isApostolicSuccessionFrom
Canterbury, Kent, England →	isEcclesiasticalCenterOf
Diocese of Salisbury →	isEcclesiasticalJurisdictionOf
Archbishop of Canterbury →	isLeaderOf
Diocese of Truro →	isPartOfNationalChurch
See of Canterbury →	isPrincipalSeeOf
Supreme Head of the Church of England →	jurisdictionOver
Fidei Defensor →	laterReligiousAuthority
Queen of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines →	linkedToOrganization
Chapter of Canterbury Cathedral →	locatedIn
Dean and Chapter of Westminster →	locatedInJurisdiction
Dean of Canterbury →	memberOfClergyOf
Canterbury Cathedral →	motherChurchOf
Province of York →	oneOfTwoProvincesOf
James II of England ("Church of England leadership") →	opposedBy
Pilgrims →	opposedChurch
St Paul's Cathedral →	ownership
Crown Nominations Commission →	parentOrganization
Anne of Great Britain →	patronage
Archbishop of Canterbury →	positionHeldIn
Bishops' Bible →	publisher