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• Anglicanism - Doctrine
• Anglicanism - Churchmanship
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• Anglicanism - Religious life
• Anglicanism - Bibliography

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Anglicanism is most commonly identified with the established Church of England, but Anglican churches exist in most parts of the world. In some countries (e.g., the United States, Scotland) the Anglican church is known as Episcopal, from the Latin episcopus, "bishop", which comes from a Greek word literally meaning an "overseer." Some Anglican churches are not in communion with the Archbishop of Canterbury but are considered Anglican because they retain practices of the Church o ...

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In the Church of England, vicar is the ordinary title given to certain parish priests. Historically, Anglican parish clergymen were divided into rectors, vicars, and perpetual curates. These were distinguished according to the way in which they were remunerated. The church was supported by tithes — taxes (traditionally, as the etymology of tithe suggests, of ten percent) levied on the agricultural output of the parish. These were divided into greater tithes levied on wheat, hay and wood, and lesser tithes levied ...

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Vicar, Vicar - Roman Catholic, Vicar - Anglican, Vicar - Ulster, Vicar - Notable vicars, Vicar - Lutheran usage

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For the Eucharist, each vestment symbolizes a spiritual dimension of the priesthood, with roots in the very origins of the Church. In some measure these vestments harken to the Roman roots of the See of Peter. Use of the following vestments varies. Some are used by all Western Christians in liturgical traditions. Many are used only in the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches, and there is much variation within each of those churches. Vestment - Used by Roman Catholics, Anglicans and Protestants. < ...

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Presiding Bishop - Episcopal Church USA. The Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America is the presiding authority in the church, Primate, chief pastor, president of the House of Bishops. In other churches in the Anglican Communion, an Archbishop or Primus fills a similar role. Unilike an Archbishop, the Presiding Bishop does not have his own Diocese to tend to while Presiding Bishop, however in the earlier days of the Episcopal Church, the Presiding Bishop was also a Diocesan bishop simultaneously. In modern times, an elected Presiding Bi ...

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Presiding Bishop, Presiding Bishop - Anglican, Presiding Bishop - Episcopal Church USA, Presiding Bishop - Anglican Church in New Zealand, Presiding Bishop - Latter Day Saints, Presiding Bishop - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Presiding Bishop - Community of Christ, Presiding Bishop - Lutheran

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The following terms have traditional meanings for the Anglican Church, and possibly beyond: A churchman is in principle a member of a church congregation, in practice someone in holy orders. A clergyman can be assumed to be in holy orders. The clergy is a term applied widely across many religions, while clergyman has connotations at least of Protestantism: while a priest might be Catholic, Anglo-Catholic or Orthodox Christian. A minister might belong to any Protestant church (not Catholic).

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The issue of homosexuality remains a controversy in the Anglican Communion. During the thirteenth Lambeth Conference in 1998 it was decided that ordaining non-celibate gay clergy was "incompatible with Scripture" by a vote of 526-70; however it also contained a statement declaring this policy would not be the final word and research would continue. Other resolutions passed include "Issues in Human Sexuality" which was approved in 1991 stating stable sa ...

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• Anglican views of homosexuality - Summary of Issues
• Anglican views of homosexuality - Gay bishop controversy
• Anglican views of homosexuality - 2004 Church Letter
• Anglican views of homosexuality - Subsequent Division
• Anglican views of homosexuality - Windsor Report and 2005 Primates Meeting
• Anglican views of homosexuality - Stance of Churches
• Anglican views of homosexuality - Church of England
• Anglican views of homosexuality - Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia
• Anglican views of homosexuality - Anglican Church of Australia
• Anglican views of homosexuality - Anglican Church of Canada
• Anglican views of homosexuality - Church of the Province of Central Africa
• Anglican views of homosexuality - Church of Ireland
• Anglican views of homosexuality - Anglican Church of Kenya
• Anglican views of homosexuality - Church of Nigeria
• Anglican views of homosexuality - Scottish Episcopal Church
• Anglican views of homosexuality - Church of the Province of Southern Africa
• Anglican views of homosexuality - Anglican Church of the Southern Cone of America
• Anglican views of homosexuality - Episcopal Church of the Sudan
• Anglican views of homosexuality - Anglican Church of Tanzania
• Anglican views of homosexuality - Church of the Province of Uganda
• Anglican views of homosexuality - Episcopal Church in the United States of America
• Anglican views of homosexuality - Church of the Province of West Africa
• Anglican views of homosexuality - Church of the Province of the West Indies

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The Anglican Communion is a world-wide organisation of Anglican Churches. There is no single "Anglican Church" since each national or regional church has full autonomy; as the name suggests, rather, the Anglican Communion is an association of these churches in full communion with each other and particularly with the Church of England, which may be regarded as the "mother church" of the worldwide communion. Fo ...

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• Anglican Communion - What holds the Communion together?
• Anglican Communion - History
• Anglican Communion - Recent controversies
• Anglican Communion - Relationship with the Roman Catholic Church
• Anglican Communion - Related topics

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Anglican chant is a method of singing prose translations of the Psalms in the Anglican church. Each verse, pair, group of three, or group of four verses is set to a simple harmonized melody of 7, 14, 21 or 28 bars (known respectively as a single, double, triple or quadruple chant), with the majority of the syllables freely chanted on the extendable reciting notes, which occupy the first, fourth, eighth, eleventh etc bars. The origins of the method are obscure, but it was well established by the eighteenth century. Canticles such as the Magnificat and Nunc di ...

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• Anglican chant - How chanting works

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The Continuing Anglican Movement is a group of Christian churches which follow the Anglican tradition but which split from a province of the Anglican Communion because of its perceived rejection of orthodoxy. The movement originated in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America (ECUSA) and the Anglican Church of Canada. Related churches in other countries, such as the Church of England (Continuing) and the Anglican Catholic Church in Australia, were established later. The most controversial issues were the decisions made in various countries to ordain women and to make theological ch ...

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The Anglican Catholic Church is a worldwide body of Anglican Christians which grew out of the 1977 Congress of St. Louis. The congress was called in response to decisions made by the Episcopal Church to approve he ordination of women and to created a new Book of Common Prayer. As a result the Anglican Church in North America was founded. By 1978, four bishops had been consecrated, and then the church split into three separate churches, the Anglican Catholic Church, the Anglican Province ...

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• Anglican Catholic Church - Dioceses

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Sometimes known as Anglican "rosaries", Christian prayer beads, or ecumenical prayer beads, Anglican prayer beads are a loop of strung beads which people use as a focus for prayer. They were developed by the Rev. Lynn Bauman in the mid-1980s. The Anglican rosary consists of 33 beads divided into four groups of seven. This signifies wholeness or completion in the faith, the days of creation, and the seasons of the Church year. These are called "weeks", in contrast to the Catholic r ...

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The Anglican Church of Mexico (La Iglesia Anglicana de México) is the Anglican province in Mexico. It can trace its roots to Mexico's war for independence in 1810. Religious reform in 1857 secured freedom of religion, separating the Roman Catholic Church from government and politics. In 1860, the newly formed Church of Jesus contacted the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, seeking leadership, guidance, and support. In 1958, the fourth missionary Bishop of Mexico was the first of the Church's bishops to be consecrated on Mexican soil. The Church ...

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Anglican church music is music written for performance in Anglican church services, primarily in England. Almost all of it is written for choir with or without organ accompaniment. The choir typically uses 'SATB' voices (Soprano or Treble, Alto or Counter-tenor, Tenor and Bass), though in many works some or all of these voices are divided into two for part or all of the piece; in this case the two halves of the choir (one one each side of the aisle) are traditionally named Decani (or 1, for the higher voice) and Canto ...

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The Anglican Church of Canada (ACC) is the Canadian branch of the Anglican Communion. It is made up of 800,000 members worshipping in 30 dioceses; over 2 million Canadians, or 6.9% of the population, declared themselves as Anglican in the 2001 Census. The Primate of the church is the Most Rev. Andrew Hutchison. The chief governing body of the church is the General Synod, which meets every three years and is made up of lay people, priests, and bishops from each diocese. The church is in full communion with the Evang ...

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• Anglican Church of Canada - Dioceses and provinces
• Anglican Church of Canada - History
• Anglican Church of Canada - Primates
• Anglican Church of Canada - Anglican cathedrals in Canada

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The Anglican Church of Korea is the province of the Anglican Communion in North and South Korea. Founded in 1889 there are at present over 100 parish and mission churches with roughly 50,000 members in the church. Anglican Church of Korea - History. Anglican Church of Korea - Birth of the Anglican Church of Korea. The birth of the Anglican Church of Korea can be traced back to the 1st of November 1889 when Bishop Charles John Corfe was ordained at Westminster Abbey and inaugurat ...

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• Anglican Church of Korea - History
• Anglican Church of Korea - Birth of the Anglican Church of Korea
• Anglican Church of Korea - Early missionary work
• Anglican Church of Korea - Japanese Colonial Rule
• Anglican Church of Korea - First native Bishop
• Anglican Church of Korea - Recent Expansion

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The Anglican Province of Christ the King is a continuing Anglican church with traditional forms both of doctrine and liturgy. Five dioceses with parishes and missions throughout the United States comprise the province, which separated from the Episcopal Church in the United States of America and the Anglican Communion in 1977. Anglican Province of Christ the King - External link. Official site Archbishop of Canterbury | Lambeth Conference | Anglican Consultative Cou ...

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• Anglican Province of Christ the King - External link

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The Anglican Mission in America (AMiA) is a Christian missionary organization active in the United States. Established in 2000, it aims to be an alternative jurisdiction to the Episcopal Church of the USA, the long-established denomination for Anglican Communion members in the United States. The AMiA was formed by conservative Episcopalians and Anglicans who see the Episcopal Church of the United Sates (ECUSA) as apostate, thus lacking legitimate authority. AMiA members criticize the ECUSA's accepting sexually active h ...

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• Anglican Mission in America - Related

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The Anglican Communion Network (officially the Network of Anglican Communion Dioceses and Parishes) is a theologically conservative network of dioceses and parishes that are currently a part of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America (ECUSA). It was officially formed in January 2004 at a conference in Plano, Texas attended by several hundred priests and lay leaders, including 12 Episcopal bishops. Its main intent is to provide a system to supply theologically conservative leadership and church oversight to Anglican ...

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