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Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition which developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, [1] in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe.
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]
This is a list of Anglican churches that are notable as congregations or as church buildings or both.. The Anglican Communion is an international association of churches consisting of the Church of England and of national and regional Anglican churches (and a few other episcopal churches) in full communion with it [1] There is no single "Anglican Church" with universal juridical authority as ...
The first Anglican missionaries arrived in Nigeria in 1842 and the first Anglican Nigerian was consecrated a bishop in 1864. However, the arrival of a rival group of Anglican missionaries in 1887 led to infighting that slowed the Church's growth. In this large African colony, by 1900 there were only 35,000 Anglicans, about 0.2% of the population.
The Anglican Church in America (ACA) is a Continuing Anglican church body and the United States branch of the Traditional Anglican Church (TAC). The ACA, which is separate from the Episcopal Church (TEC), is not a member of the Anglican Communion. It comprises five dioceses and around 5,200 members.
The Traditional Anglican Church (TAC), formerly the Traditional Anglican Communion, is an international church consisting of national provinces in the continuing Anglican movement, independent of the Anglican Communion and the Archbishop of Canterbury. The TAC upholds the theological doctrines of the Affirmation of St. Louis.
Anglican religious orders are communities of men or women (or in some cases mixed communities of men and women) in the Anglican Communion who live under a common rule ...
Anglican doctrine (also called Episcopal doctrine in some countries) is the body of Christian teachings used to guide the religious and moral practices of Anglicanism ...