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The first use of the Compass rose emblem of the Anglican Communion was occasioned by the convening in 1954 of "The First World Congress of the Anglican Communion" at the Cathedral Church of St. Mark, Minneapolis, Minnesota, as is memorialized in stone at the crossing of the cathedral.
Clergy in Anglican, Lutheran, Eastern Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches follow similar customs, as do institutions such as schools and dioceses. Ecclesiastical heraldry differs notably from other heraldry in the use of special insignia around the shield to indicate rank in a church or denomination.
Image Details York, recorded at unknown date . Escutcheon: Gules two keys in saltire Argent in chief a regal crown Or. [34] [35]Blackburn, granted 19 February 1927 . Escutcheon: Per fesse Gules and Or two keys in saltire wards downwards Argent in chief and a rose barbed and seeded Proper in base.
God and Church God and Life God and Service Anglican Catholic Church: Ad te Domine Serbus Dei The Order of St. Michael Anglican Church in North America P.R.A.Y., Anglican Scouting North America [16] God and Me God and Family God and Church God and Life St. George Cross Armenian Apostolic Church of America (Western Prelacy) none Saint Mesrob none
The Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) is a Christian denomination in the Anglican tradition in the United States and Canada. It also includes ten congregations in Mexico, [2] two mission churches in Guatemala, [3] and a missionary diocese in Cuba. [4]
The Church in Wales uses a blue Cross defaced with a gold Celtic Cross. The Church of Ireland uses the St Patrick's Saltire but also uses the Compass-rose Flag of the Anglican Communion equally. The Protestant Church in Germany, a federation of Lutheran, Reformed and United Protestant churches, has a flag with a violet Latin cross.
In 1990, the then Traditional Anglican Communion was formed by the agreement of the Victoria Concordat. In 1991, members of the American Episcopal Church, the Anglican Catholic Church, and some other continuing churches came together to form the Anglican Church in America as a part of the Traditional Anglican Communion. [2]
The Anglican Communion is the third largest Christian communion after the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches. [2] [3] [4] Formally founded in 1867 in London, the communion has more than 85 million members [5] [6] [7] within the Church of England and other autocephalous national and regional churches in full communion. [8]