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Anglican Communion
noun
- a group of Christian Churches including the Church of England, the Church of Ireland, the Episcopal Church in Scotland, the Church in Wales, and the Episcopal Church in the US, all of which are in full communion with each other
Anglican Communion
- The group of Christian church es historically based in the Church of England . Anglicans combine Catholic and Protestant elements in their teaching, worship, and government. They have bishops , for example, but do not accept the authority of the pope .
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Members will include representatives from around the global Anglican Communion, the General Synod, as well as at least one bishop.
It is my duty to honour my constitutional and church responsibilities, so exact timings will be decided once a review of necessary obligations has been completed, including those in England and in the Anglican Communion.
There has since been vocal opposition from conservatives within the Church and it is an issue that has already led to breakaway splits in the wider Anglican Communion, particularly in Africa.
Welby is the spiritual leader of both the Church of England and the global Anglican Communion of which it is a member.
But the change may deliver a “final blow to the unity of the Anglican Communion,” the Church of England Evangelical Council, a caucus of theologically conservative Anglicans, said in a statement.
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