Church of England

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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.

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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
surface form: Apostles' Creed

Athanasian Creed
Nicene Creed
currentArchbishopOfCanterbury Archbishop of Canterbury
surface form: Justin Welby
currentSupremeGovernor Charles III, King of Canada
surface form: Charles III
dateEstablished 16th century
denomination Anglican Communion
surface form: Anglicanism
doctrineBasis Bible
Thirty-Nine Articles
founderRole initiated by Henry VIII
foundingPeriod Reformation
surface form: 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 Eucharist
surface form: 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 Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
spiritualLeaderTitle Archbishop of Canterbury
supremeGovernorTitle British monarch
surface form: Supreme Governor of the Church of England
theologyTradition Catholic tradition
Reformation
surface form: Protestant Reformation

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5th Duke of Marlborough religion Church of England
subject surface form: George Spencer-Churchill, 5th Duke of Marlborough
Kurt N. S. Wilde denomination Church of England
Nicholas Dill denomination Church of England
parish church of Holy Trinity denomination Church of England
subject surface form: Parish Church of Holy Trinity, Milton Regis
St Laurence Church, Bapchild denomination Church of England
Humphrey Gilbert religion Church of England
St Neot, Cornwall denomination Church of England
subject surface form: St Neot Parish Church
St Mary’s Church, Eynesbury denomination Church of England
St Laurence Church, Wormley denomination Church of England
St James’ Church, Thornton denomination Church of England
Brontë family vault religiousAffiliation Church of England
William Carus Wilson denomination Church of England
Casterton School religiousAffiliation Church of England
Thomas Dundas, 2nd Earl of Zetland religion Church of England
St Leonard's Church, Sandridge denomination Church of England
Deanery of March denomination Church of England
Whittlesey, St Andrew denomination Church of England
St Katharine Cree denomination Church of England
St Andrew Undershaft religiousAffiliation Church of England
Adam Smallbone denomination Church of England
Smallbone religion Church of England
subject surface form: Adam Smallbone
Jamestown settlement religion Church of England
St Andrew’s Church denomination Church of England
subject surface form: St Andrew’s Church, Walpole St Andrew
Crayford denomination Church of England
subject surface form: St Paulinus Church, Crayford
Deanery of Sutton denomination Church of England
Ernest Graham Ingham denomination Church of England
David Acheson (grandfather, Church of England bishop) denomination Church of England
subject surface form: David Acheson
All Saints Church, Foots Cray denomination Church of England
St Mark’s Church, Cold Ash denomination Church of England