Anglicanism

Anglicanism is a tradition within Christianity comprising the Church of England and churches which are historically tied to it or hold similar beliefs, worship practices and church structures. The word Anglican originates in ecclesia anglicana, a medieval Latin phrase dating to at least 1246 that means the English Church. Adherents of Anglicanism are called Anglicans. The great majority of Anglicans are members of churches which are part of the international Anglican Communion. There are, however, a number of churches that are not within the Anglican Communion which also consider themselves to be Anglican, most notably those referred to as Continuing Anglican churches, and those which are part of the Anglican realignment movement.

Anglicans found their faith on the Bible, traditions of the apostolic Church, apostolic succession ("historic episcopate"), and writings of the Church Fathers. Anglicanism forms one of the branches of Western Christianity; having definitively declared its independence from the Holy See at the time of the Elizabethan Religious Settlement. Many of the new Anglican formularies of the mid-16th century corresponded closely to those of contemporary Reformed Protestantism. These reforms in the Church of England were understood by one of those most responsible for them, the then Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer, as navigating a middle way between two of the emerging Protestant traditions, namely Lutheranism and Calvinism. By the end of the century, the retention in Anglicanism of many traditional liturgical forms and of the episcopate was already seen as unacceptable by those promoting the most developed Protestant principles

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King’s visit to Pope will be historic ‘healing’ moment for Anglicans and Catholics

The Daily Telegraph 18 Mar 2025
The King and Queen will attend an audience with the Pope next month, in a landmark show of friendship between the Anglican and Catholic churches described as a “historic first” ... Eric Vandeville/Vatican/Getty Images ... ALESSANDRO DI MEO ... Show comments ... .

Blaze that gutted Anglican Lutheran church suspicious: RCMP

CBC 14 Mar 2025
A blaze that ravaged the Anglican Lutheran church in Carman, Man., has been deemed suspicious by the RCMP ... .

Congregation 'devastated' after fire wrecks Anglican Lutheran church in Manitoba town

CBC 13 Mar 2025
A congregation in Carman, Man., is coming to grips with the loss of their Anglican Lutheran church, a fixture in the community that was ravaged by a fire on Thursday ... .

Prayers and hope: Jasper's historic Anglican church looks ahead to building a new future

CBC 09 Mar 2025
Jasper's Anglican Church has roots dating back to the early 1900s. The building was destroyed in a July 2024 wildfire, but now there’s an opportunity to reshape the church as a community space open to everyone ... .

$26.5 Million St. Andrew’s Anglican Primary’s New School Contract Signed (Government of Grenada)

Public Technologies 07 Mar 2025
Andrew's Anglican Primary's New School Contract Signed ... Andrew's Anglican Primary School at the Ministry of Education on February 26, 2025 ... Andrew's Anglican Primary School is going to have a permanent home and a modern one too, at that.

News24 | Anglican Church to establish network of officials to prevent abuse following 'scathing' report

News24 27 Feb 2025
Archbishop Thabo Makgoba has announced a set of safeguarding measures following an inquiry which found the Anglican Church had not done enough to protect parishioners from an alleged child abuser ... .

Corner Brook Anglican church leadership quits after beloved reverend was fired

CBC 27 Feb 2025
Members of a Corner Brook church's governing body are resigning en masse after their bishop fired their beloved leader without explanation a month ago ... .
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