The cassock, an item of clerical clothing, is a long, sheath-like, close-fitting, ankle-length robe worn by clergy members of some Christian denominations. The cassock derives ultimately from the tunic that was formerly worn underneath the toga in classical antiquity. The word cassock probably comes from the word "casaque" which means cloak; or cassaca, which means white. In older days, i ...

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Cassock - Western practice Roman and Anglican Cassock - Eastern practice Orthodox Cassock - Non-clerical sixteenth century jacket

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Cassock, Cassock - Western practice Roman and Anglican, Cassock - Eastern practice Orthodox, Cassock - Non-clerical sixteenth century jacket

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Traditionally, the Book of Common Prayer counts the remaining Sundays of the liturgical year until Advent as "Sundays after Trinity". Some Anglican churches still reckon Sundays this way, while others, such as the Episcopal Church in the United States of America (ECUSA)now refer to them as "Sundays after Pentecost". Trinity Sunday is considered one of ECUSA's seven principal feast days. ...

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Trinity Sunday, Trinity Sunday - Roman Catholic practice, Trinity Sunday - Anglican practice, Trinity Sunday - When is Trinity Sunday?

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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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Vestment, Vestment - Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Protestant vestments, Vestment - Used by Roman Catholics, Anglicans and Protestants, Vestment - Used by Roman Catholics, Anglicans and some Lutherans, Vestment - Used by Roman Catholics and Anglicans, Vestment - Used only by Roman Catholics, Vestment - Eastern Orthodox vestments

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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. See also:

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The diaconate is one of the three ordained offices in the Roman Catholic, Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, and Oriental Orthodox churches. The other two offices are those of priest and of bishop. In Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Orthodox churches, deacons assist priests in their pastoral and administrative duties, but report directly to the bishop. They have a distinctive role in the liturgy, their main tasks being to read the Gospel and assist in the ...

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Deacon, Deacon - Roman Catholicism Eastern Orthodoxy & Anglicanism, Deacon - Anglican, Deacon - Eastern Orthodoxy, Deacon - Roman Catholicism, Deacon - Protestantism, Deacon - Mormonism, Deacon - Church of Christ, Deacon - References Church of Christ, Deacon - Cognates

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The diaconate is one of the three ordained offices in the Roman Catholic, Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, and Oriental Orthodox churches. The other two offices are those of priest and of bishop. In Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Orthodox churches, deacons assist priests in their pastoral and administrative duties, but report directly to the bishop. They have a distinctive role in the liturgy, their main tasks being to read the Gospel and assist in th ...

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Deacon, Deacon - Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, & Anglicanism, Deacon - Anglican, Deacon - Eastern Orthodoxy, Deacon - Roman Catholicism, Deacon - Protestantism, Deacon - Mormonism, Deacon - Church of Christ, Deacon - References Church of Christ, Deacon - Cognates

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The Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC) is an organization which seeks to make ecumenical progress between the Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Communion. ARCIC seeks to identify common ground between the two. Neither Church expects it to lead to a merger, but there is a slight possibility of the two Churches recognising each other's orders and sacraments; however, this has become more unlikely with the greater acceptance of the ordination of women and the controversy over homosexuality in the Anglican Co ...

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Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission - List of Meetings and Agreed Statements
Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission - Joint Preparatory Commission -- 1967-68 Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission - ARCIC I First Phase: 1970-1981 Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission - ARCIC II Second Phase: 1983- Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission - Notes

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The Western Roman Empire is the name given to the western half of the Roman Empire after its division by Diocletian in 286 AD. It would exist intermittently in several periods between the 3rd Century and the 5th Century, after Diocletian's Tetrarchy and the reunifications associated with Constantine the Great. Theodosius the Great was the last Roman Emperor who ruled both east and west, and he died in 395 AD. After him the Roman Empire was definitably divided and the Western Roman Empire ended with the abdication of Romulus Augustus under pressur ...

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Western Roman Empire - Early Cultural Differences and Divisions between East and West Western Roman Empire - Two military Danger Zones Rebellions Uprisings and political consequences Western Roman Empire - Crisis of the 3rd Century Western Roman Empire - The Tetrarchies and the Constantine Dynasty Western Roman Empire - Economic stagnation in the West Western Roman Empire - Constantine the Great Western Roman Empire - Reunification Eastern focus and re-division Western Roman Empire - The origins of the theological Great East-West Schism Western Roman Empire - Permanent division Western Roman Empire - Economic factors Western Roman Empire - Fall of Rome Western Roman Empire - Byzantine reconquest Western Roman Empire - The legacy and the final conquest of Rome Western Roman Empire - List of western Roman emperors

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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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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 Anglican Use is an adaptation or usage of the liturgy of the Catholic Roman Rite that is used by some formerly Anglican ecclesial communities that submitted to the authority of the Roman Pontiff. Local Anglican (or Episcopalian) communities that submitted communally were permitted to retain certain differences of liturgy derived from the Book of Common Prayer, once it had been edited to remove Protestant influences. The adapted liturgy of the Anglican Use is contained in the Book of Divine Worship. In addition to the ...

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The Anglican Church of Australia, a member church of the Anglican Communion, was previously officially known as the Church of England in Australia (renamed in 1981). It is the second largest church in Australia, behind Roman Catholicism. When the First Fleet was sent to New South Wales in 1787, the Reverend Richard Johnson was licensed as chaplain to the Fleet and the settlement. In 1825 the Revd Thomas Scott was appointed Archdeacon of Australia under the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Calcutta. The Revd William Grant Br ...

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Anglican Church of Australia - Provinces

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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
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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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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 diaconate is one of the three ordained offices in the Roman Catholic, Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, and Oriental Orthodox churches. The other two offices are those of priest and of bishop. In Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Orthodox churches, deacons assist priests in their pastoral and administrative duties, but report directly to the bishop. They have a distinctive role in the liturgy, their main tasks being to read the Gospel and assist in the ...

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Deacon, Deacon - Roman Catholicism Eastern Orthodoxy & Anglicanism, Deacon - Anglican, Deacon - Eastern Orthodoxy, Deacon - Roman Catholicism, Deacon - Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, Deacon - Protestantism, Deacon - Mormonism, Deacon - Church of Christ, Deacon - References Church of Christ, Deacon - Cognates, Deacon - Scots usage

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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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Continuing Anglican Movement - Other Anglican groups

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