Convocation of Canterbury

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church legislature ecclesiastical assembly synod

The Convocation of Canterbury is the ecclesiastical assembly of the Church of England’s southern province, historically responsible for debating and defining doctrine and church governance.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Convocation of Canterbury canonical	3
Convocations of Canterbury and York (in their earlier representative role)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	church legislature ⓘ ecclesiastical assembly ⓘ synod ⓘ
authoritySource	ecclesiastical law ⓘ royal writ ⓘ
canBeSummonedBy	Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ the Crown ⓘ
churchProvince	Province of Canterbury ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
denomination	Church of England ⓘ
establishedInCentury	13th century ⓘ
excludes	laity as voting members ⓘ
follows	canon law of the Church of England ⓘ
function	advising the General Synod ⓘ considering measures and canons ⓘ expressing the mind of the clergy of the southern province ⓘ
hasChamber	Lower House ⓘ Upper House ⓘ
hasCommittee	various standing committees ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	southern province of the Church of England ⓘ
historicalEvent	revival of deliberative functions in the 19th century ⓘ suspension of independent legislative powers after the Reformation ⓘ
historicalPredecessor	provincial synods of the English Church ⓘ
historicalRole	church governance ⓘ debating doctrine ⓘ defining doctrine ⓘ
influenced	canons of the Church of England ⓘ surface form: Church of England canon law development of Anglican doctrine ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalStatus	corporate ecclesiastical body ⓘ
location	Canterbury ⓘ
lowerHouseComposition	clergy representatives of the Province of Canterbury ⓘ
meetsFrequency	periodically ⓘ
membershipType	clergy only ⓘ
partOf	Church of England ⓘ
presidingOfficer	Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
principalMeetingPlace	Church House, Westminster ⓘ
relatedBody	House of Bishops of the Church of England ⓘ House of Clergy ⓘ surface form: House of Clergy of the Church of England
religion	Anglicanism ⓘ
scope	church governance in the Province of Canterbury ⓘ discipline ⓘ doctrine ⓘ liturgy ⓘ
sisterBody	Convocation of York ⓘ
subordinateTo	General Synod ⓘ surface form: General Synod of the Church of England
upperHouseComposition	diocesan bishops of the Province of Canterbury ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Thirty-Nine Articles → approvedBy → Convocation of Canterbury ⓘ

Convocation of York → parallelBody → Convocation of Canterbury ⓘ

Convocations and Church Assembly system → combines → Convocation of Canterbury ⓘ

House of Clergy → predecessor → Convocation of Canterbury ⓘ

this entity surface form: Convocations of Canterbury and York (in their earlier representative role)