An Overview of Anglicanism

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An Overview of Anglicanism

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An Overview of Anglicanism

• Brief Introduction
• The name "Anglican" means "of England", but the
  Anglican Church exists worldwide.
• There are nearly 70 million members of the
  Anglican family in 37 self-governing Provinces in
  more than 160 countries.
• During the English Reformation the church broke
  away from the authority of the Pope and the Roman
  Catholic Church.

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• Organization
• The Archbishop of Canterbury is the chief bishop
  and principal leader of the Church of England,
  the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican
  Communion and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese
  of Canterbury
• The current archbishop is Rowan Williams. He is
  the 104th in a line that goes back more than 1400
  years to St Augustine of Canterbury, who founded
  the oldest see in England in 597.

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• Primates' Meeting
• The Anglican Communion Primates' Meetings are
  regular meetings of the Anglican Primates
• There are currently 38 Primates.
• The Archbishop of Canterbury chairs the meetings.

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• Lambeth Conferences
• Every 10 years there is a Lambeth Conference
  at which all of the bishops of the Anglican
  Communion gather to debate issues of doctrine.
• Anglican Consultative Council
• The Anglican Consultative Council meets at 3
  year intervals, with representations of bishops,
  clergy, and laity chosen by the thirty-eight
  provinces.

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• Bishops , at the very center of the Anglican
  church are its bishops. Worldwide there are some
  900 living Anglican bishops.
• Dioceses, which are the fundamental unit of
  church administration and governance, combine
  administratively to form provinces

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• Episcopal polity is a form of church governance
  which is hierarchical in structure with the chief
  authority over a local Christian church resting
  in a bishop.
• There is no central authority of the Anglican
  Church.
• The rules under which a church is governed are
  called canon law.

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• Theology
• Anglican sacramental theology expresses elements
  in keeping with its status as a church in the
  Catholic tradition and a church of the
  Reformation.
• Formal doctrine of Anglican churches in other
  countries generally inherited the doctrinal
  apparatus of the Church of England, consisting
  most commonly an adaptation of the Thirty-Nine
  Articles and the Quadrilateral into general
  principles.

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• Seven Sacraments
• (39 articles describes them)
• two sacraments Baptism and the Eucharist
  ordained by Christ
• Other five sacraments- Confession and absolution,
  Holy Matrimony, Confirmation, Oridination
  Anointing of the Sick

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• Thirty-Nine Articles
• They are divided, into four sections
• Articles 1-8, "The Catholic Faith"
• Articles 9-18, "Personal Religion"
• Articles 19-31, "Corporate Religion"
• Articles 32-39, "Miscellaneous."

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• Liturgy and Worship
• Book of Common Prayer forms the historical basis
  for most Anglican liturgy around the world
• Morning and Evening PrayerEucharist  
  Liturgical Year
• The Books of Homilies are two books of
  thirty-three sermons developing the reformed
  doctrines of the Anglican Communion in greater
  depth and detail than in the Thirty-Nine Articles
  of Religion.

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• Anglican Church of Canada (Structure)
• Congregation A gathering of Christians for
  worship in a particular place.
• Parish A gathering of Christians for worship in
  a particular place. 
• Deanery A grouping of parishes within a diocese,
  headed by a Regional Dean, that meet on a regular
  basis to deal with common concerns and problems. 

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• Archdeaconery
• A unit within a diocese, larger than a
  deanery, headed by an Archdeacon. 
• Diocese
• A geographic area under the jurisdiction of a
  Diocesan Bishop as chief pastor.
•  Ecclesiastical Province
• A grouping of dioceses into a common area. 

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• General Synod
• The national governing body of the Anglican
  Church of Canada. 
• Anglican Communion
• The worldwide body of Anglicans currently
  numbering nearly 70 million members in 38
  self-governing churches in 164 countries. 

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• A Brief History of the Anglican Church
• 1. The Church in Britain before Augustine
• Christians came to Britain from as early as
  200AD.  The first British martyr was Alban.
• 2. The Church in the West before Augustine
• When Constantine became sole Emperor of the
  western part of the Roman Empire. He attributed
  this victory to the Christian God. Also the
  Emperor called a Council to finalize the creed
  we call the Nicene Creed.
• Jerome translated the whole Bible into Latin.
  which is known as the Vulgate.

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• 3. The Development of the Western Church
• Augustine came as a missionary to Britain
  from Rome. He established a mission at Canterbury
  became the first Archbishop of Canterbury.
• Charlemagne Pope Leo III crowned King Charles
  as the first Holy Roman Emperor. He built huge
  churches, and started a great program of copying
  manuscripts. He tried to remodel society on
  Christian lines and reformed the churchs
  liturgy.

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• The Split between East and West
• Charlemagne was also at the centre of the great
  debate between the Eastern and Western churches
  which eventually led to them splitting.
• Universities
• In the 12th and 13th centuries heretical
  movements attracted many followers. But the
  church also established schools attached to
  cathedrals some of which became universities.
  This was the time when universities began to be
  established in Europe. 

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• 4. Movements Leading up to the Reformation
• John Wyclif thought visible church, ruled over by
  Popes bishops could not be true church.
• William Tyndale translated the Bible into English
  in the early years of the 16th century.
• Martin Luther, challenged the church and
  eventually the Pope about many of the abuses. He
  translated the Bible into German, to read it in
  their own language instead Latin.

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• 5. The Reformation in England
• The main reforms under King Henry VIII were
  Service in English, Bible in English, removal of
  images, closing of Monasteries theological
  change about justification by faith.
• King Edward VI was a Protestant king and under
  his rule Cranmer and others were able to continue
  the reform of the English Church.
• Include the appearance of a fully English
  Prayer Book.

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• under King James I The Authorised Version of the
  Bible (also known as the King James version) was
  published.He kept a balance between this group
  and the Puritan and reformed groups.
• During King Charles I reign civil war broke out
  in Ireland, England Scotland. Parliament
  called a synod to reform the Church of England.
  And produced the Westminster Confession.

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• William III was a strong Protestant. The
  Toleration Act was passed which allowed
  dissenters to worship independently.
• In 18th century moral and spiritual life of
  England declined. New movements rose from the
  work of philosophers such as Newton, Locke,
  Pascal and Descartes. It is known as the
  Enlightenment. In Industrial Revolution people
  moved to cities to work in factories.

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• Evangelical revival led by John and Charles
  Wesley and George Whitfield changed England. 
  Missionary Societies were formed including the
  Church Missionary Society British and Foreign
  Bible Society. Missionaries were sent to all
  parts of the world - wherever European colonial
  expansion allowed them.  Oxford Movement through
  tracts distribution  brought back some liturgical
  practices that helped at the Reformation.

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• 7. The Modern Anglican Communion now stretches
  around the world. Many currents have influenced
  the modern church, but four of these are
  important at present time.
• Anglo-Catholicism The Oxford Movement resulted
  in new developments in liturgy and theology. Many
  Anglican churches began to use rituals which had
  been abandoned at the Reformation
• Post Enlightenment Liberalism Its theology
  developed from the Enlightenment. They began to
  question many assumptions about the Bible,
  especially whether miracles really happened.

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• Evangelicalism The Reformers referred to
  themselves as evangelicals, and the evangelical
  current in the Anglican church has roots that go
  back to at least John Wyclif.
• The Charismatic Movement It is an adaptation of
  Pentecostalism made impact on the Anglican
  Church.
•  Recent Trends A rift has developed between
  churches which hold traditional theology and
  those, who tried to adapt Christian teaching to
  their culture. Tensions concerning womens
  ordination as priests and applying Bible to same
  sex relationships.

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Typical rural Church of England church,
Wiltshire, Easter 2007
Canterbury Cathedral
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• Anglican Churches in Winnipeg

St. George Anglican Church, Parish Church of
St. Luke 168 Wilton Street, WPG
130 Nassau Street North
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St. Michael All Angels Anglican Church, 300
Hugo
St. Matthews Anglican Church, 641 St Matthew's
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And other Anglican Churches St. Margarets
Anglican Church, 160 Ethelbert Street All Saints
Church (Anglican), 175 Colony Anglican
Fellowship of Prayer, 168 Wilton St
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• Church of The good Shepherd, 673 Silverstone
• Holy Trinity Church-Headingly, 5335 Portage
• Holy Trinity Church, 256 Smith
• St. Aidans Anglican Church,
• St. Albans Church, SW-Rathgar Osborne
• St. Andrews Anglican Church, 2700 Potage
• St. Andrews On the red, St Andews St.
• St. Annes Anglican Church, 253 Burrin WKld

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• St. Barnabas Anglican Church, 730 McPhilips
• St. Bartholomew Church, 881 Autumnwood
• St. Catherines Church, 3202 Birds Hill Road
• St. Georges Anglican Church, 321 Pandora
• St. James Anglican Church, 195 Collegiate
• St. Marks Church of Canada, 19 St Marks
• St. Martin-In_The-Field Anglican Church, 160
  Smith Field
• St. Mary Magdalene Church, 3 St Vtl Rd

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• St. Marys Anglican Church, 3830 Roblin Chlswd
• St. Pauls Anglican Church, 830 North Dr FtGry
• St. Pauls Middlechurch Anglican Church, 299
  Balderstone
• St. Philips Anglican Church, 240 Tache StBon
• St. Saviours Anglican Church, SE Munroe Grey
• St. Stephens Anglican Church, 220 Helsdale EKld
• St. Thomas Anglican Church, 1567 William W
• St. Johns Cathedral (Anglican), 135 Anderson

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St. Johns College Chapel Mission of the College
Chapel The Ministry of St John the Evangelist,
centered in Christ in Anglican tradition, Week
day worship (Mon-Thurs) Morning Prayer (9 am)
Mid-day (12 noon) Wednesday (noon) short
Communion Sunday Communion Service(4 pm) Sunday
Evening Prayer (October-June) 7 PM on the 1st
Sunday of Each Month