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Under the Overseas and Other Clergy (Ministry and Ordination) Measure 1967 (No. 3) the Church of England "recognizes and accepts" as valid the orders of two churches which, although Anglican in identity, are not members of the Anglican Communion: the Church of England in South Africa and the Free Church of England.
The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the Crown Dependencies. It is the origin of the Anglican tradition, with foundational doctrines being contained in the Thirty-nine Articles and The Books of Homilies. [2] Its adherents are called Anglicans.
The Long Parliament's initial ordinance creating the Westminster Assembly appointed 121 ministers of the Church of England to the Assembly, as well as providing for participation on the part of 30 lay assessors (10 nobles and 20 commoners), as well as six Commissioners representing the Church of Scotland. Of the original 121 divines ...
James Blair (Virginia) (1656–1743), Scottish-born Church of England clergyman, educator and missionary (he was the founder of the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia and served as its first President from 1693 to 1743) James Blish (1927–1975), American science fiction and fantasy writer (atheist as an adult, then rejoined ...
As there are 42 dioceses of the Church of England, there are 42 bishops diocesan (including vacancies).Of the 42: both archbishops and the Bishops of London, of Durham and of Winchester, sit in the House of Lords as Lords Spiritual ex officio; a further 21 sit there by seniority (of whom five had their seniority accelerated); the Bishop of Sodor and Man sits ex officio in the Legislative ...
A period of consultation on the needs of the Church of England, as well as the Anglican Communion, will be followed by an appointment of a Crown Nominations Committee. ... If the prime minister ...
Journey to priesthood: an in-depth study of the first women priests in the Church of England. Centre for Comparative Studies in Religion and Gender, University of Bristol. ISBN 0-86292-499-5. Angela Berners-Wilson (October 2003). "A Woman at the Table - A Personal Reflection on Ten Years of Women as Priests". Ministry Today (29).
Primates of the Church of England (3 C, 5 P) ... David Drummond (minister) E. Arnold Ehrhardt; Christopher Evans (theologian) F. John Neville Figgis; Nicholas Frayling;