Tradition Institution Christianity
Anglicanism
Anglicanismus la
Christian tradition developing out of the practices, liturgy and identity of the Church of England
- Also called Anglican Church
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Anglicanism Christian tradition developing out of the practices, liturgy and identity of the Church of England
Traditions within it
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Church of England
Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion -
Anglican Communion
International association of churches -
Episcopal Church
American Anglican denomination (1789-) -
anglo-catholicism
Anglicanism that emphasises its Catholic heritage -
Church in Wales
Independent Christian church of Wales -
Scottish Episcopal Church
Christian church in Scotland -
Anglican Church of Australia
Church of the Anglican Communion -
Anglican Church of Canada
Church organization in Canada
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Tradition Anglican Church in North America Anglican realignment denomination - Tradition Anglican Church of Southern Africa Province of the Anglican Communion in Southern Africa
- Tradition Continuing Anglican movement Movement of groups identifying as Anglican though not part of the Anglican Communion
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Tradition Caroline Divines Group of influential theologians and writers in the Anglican Church during the reigns of King Charles I and Charles II of England - Tradition Global Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans Global Christian denomination, 2008-
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Tradition Anglican Catholic Church Christian denomination, founded 1977 or 1983 -
Tradition Anglican Catholic Church of Canada Anglican Church in Canada - Tradition Anglican Province of Christ the King American Christian denomination, 1977-
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Tradition Free Church of England UK Christian denomination, 1844- -
Tradition Anglican Province of America American Continuing Anglican denomination -
Tradition Holy Catholic Church Anglican Rite American Christian denomination, 1999- -
Tradition United Episcopal Church of North America American Christian denomination, 1981-
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Charles Darwin12 February 1809 CE – 19 April 1882 CE · English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882) -
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Jonathan Swift30 November 1667 CE – 19 October 1745 CE · Anglo-Irish satirist and essayist (1667–1745) -
John Milton9 December 1608 CE – 8 November 1674 CE · English poet and civil servant (1608–1674) -
C. S. Lewis29 November 1898 CE – 22 November 1963 CE · British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963) -
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Figure Desmond Tutu South African churchman, politician, archbishop, Nobel Prize winner (1931–2021) -
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Figure George Berkeley Irish idealist philosopher and Anglican bishop (1685–1753) -
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Figure William IV King of the United Kingdom and Hanover from 1830 to 1837 -
Figure James VI and I King of Scotland from 1566 to 1625, King of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625 (1566-1625) -
Figure Anne of Great Britain Queen of Great Britain and Ireland from 1702 to 1714 (1665–1714) -
Figure George IV of the United Kingdom King of the United Kingdom and Hanover from 1820 to 1830 -
Figure William Rowan Hamilton Irish mathematician and astronomer (1805-1865) -
Figure Laurence Sterne Anglo-Irish novelist and Anglican cleric (1713–1768) -
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Figure John Wesley Founder of the Methodist movement (1703-1791) -
Figure Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay British historian and politician (1800–1859) -
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Figure John Henry Newman English cleric and cardinal (1801–1890) -
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Figure Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury British politician and prime minister (1830-1903) -
Figure George Herbert Welsh-born English poet, orator and Anglican priest (1593-1633) -
Figure Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma British statesman and naval officer (1900-1979) -
Figure Thomas Cranmer Leader of the English Reformation and Archbishop of Canterbury -
Figure Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet Irish mathematician and physicist (1819–1903) -
Figure William Wilberforce English politician and abolitionist (1759–1833) -
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Figure John Flamsteed English astronomer and the first Astronomer Royal -
Figure Horatio Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener Irish officer and colonial administrator in the British Army (1850–1916) -
Figure Isaac Barrow English Christian theologian, and mathematician (1630-1677) -
Figure John Venn British logician and philosopher (1834-1923) -
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Figure Thomas Wolsey English political figure, archbishop of York and cardinal-priest of Santa Cecilia (1473-1530) -
Figure William Buckland English clergyman, geologist and palaeontologist (1784-1856) -
Figure Charles Kingsley British clergyman, historian and novelist (1819–1875) -
Figure John Newton Anglican clergyman, slave trader and abolitionist (1725–1807) -
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Figure John Fisher English Roman Catholic cardinal and saint (c. 1469–1535) -
Figure Justin Welby Archbishop of Canterbury from 2013 to 2025 -
Figure Edwin Abbott Abbott British theologian and author (1838-1926) -
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Figure Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale British prince (1864-1892); eldest child of the future King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra -
Figure Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn British prince (1850–1942), Governor General of Canada from 1911 to 1916 -
Figure Adam Sedgwick English geologist (1785–1873) -
Figure Rowan Williams Archbishop of Canterbury (2002–2012) -
Figure James Ussher Archbishop of Armagh (1581-1656) - Figure William Laud Archbishop of Canterbury (1573-1645)
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Figure John Wilkins Secretary of the Royal Society and Bishop of Chester -
Figure Dunstan Archbishop of Canterbury and saint -
Figure Charles Maturin Irish writer -
Figure Joseph Butler English bishop and philosopher (1692–1752) -
Figure Charles Wesley English Methodist and hymn writer (1707-1788) -
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Figure Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom Member of the British Royal Family (1770-1840) -
Figure Charles Webster Leadbeater British theosophist (1854–1934) -
Figure Henry Edward Manning English Catholic archbishop and cardinal (1808–1892) -
Figure John Polkinghorne Physicist, theologian and anglican priest (1930–2021) -
Figure Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom British princess; daughter of King George III and Queen Charlotte (1777-1848) -
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Figure Richard Hooker English bishop and Anglican Divine - Figure Thomas Traherne English poet
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Figure James Anthony Froude English historian, novelist and biographer (1818–1894) -
Figure John Stevens Henslow British botanist, priest and geologist (1796-1861) -
Figure Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom Sixth child and second daughter of King George III and Queen Charlotte - Figure Edmund Gunter British mathematician
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Figure Hugh Latimer English bishop (circa 1485-1555) -
Figure Miles Joseph Berkeley British botanist (1803-1889) -
Figure William Whiston Theologian, historian, mathematician, and translator (1667-1752) -
Figure George Abbot Archbishop of Canterbury -
Figure Gilbert White 18th-century English priest and naturalist; (1720-1793) -
Figure John Nelson Darby British Bible teacher, considered to be the father of modern Dispensationalism and Futurism. (1800-1882) -
Figure Sydney Smith English wit, writer, Anglican cleric (1771-1845) -
Figure Sabine Baring-Gould English hagiographer, antiquarian, novelist, eclectic scholar, folk song collector (1834-1924) -
Figure Wilbert Awdry British vicar and author (1911–1997) -
Figure William Ralph Inge English author, Anglican dean and professor of divinity (1860–1954) -
Figure A. C. Benson English essayist and poet, 1862–1925 (1862–1925) -
Figure Richard Whately British rhetorician, logician, economist, and theologian (1787-1863) -
Figure Robert Hugh Benson British writer and Catholic priest (1871–1914) -
Figure Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood British Conservative politician (1880-1959) -
Figure Thomas Percy Irish Anglican bishop (1729-1811) -
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Figure Charles Walter De Vis English clergyman, botanist and zoologist (1829-1915) -
Figure Evelyn Underhill British mystic, poet, and novelist (1875–1941) -
Figure Jeremy Taylor English clergyman (1613–1667) -
Figure N. T. Wright Anglican bishop -
Figure William Daniel Conybeare English geologist and palaeontologist (1787-1857) -
Figure Cosmo Gordon Lang British archbishop and clergyman (1864-1945) -
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Figure John Keble British churchman and poet (1792–1866) -
Figure Richard Thomas Lowe British botanist, ichthyologist, malacologist and cleric (1802-1874) -
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Figure Chris Bryant British politician and MP (born 1962) -
Figure Joseph Blanco White Spanish journalist, poet and theologian -
Figure Samuel Wilberforce Bishop in the Church of England -
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Figure William Temple Archbishop of Canterbury (1881-1944) -
Figure Andrew Bell British priest and educationalist (1753-1832) -
Figure George Carey Anglican bishop (1935-) -
Figure Henry Baker Tristram English clergyman, Biblical scholar, traveller and ornithologist (1822-1906) -
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Figure Joseph Hall British bishop and writer (1574-1656) -
Figure Reginald Heber English clergyman, Lord Bishop of Calcutta -
Figure William Morgan Bishop of Llandaff and of St Asaph, and translator of the Bible into Welsh -
Figure John Mason Neale Anglican priest and hymnwriter -
Figure Mandell Creighton English historian and clergyman (1843–1901); bishop of the Church of England from 1897 to 1901 -
Figure Octavius Pickard-Cambridge British entomologist (1828–1917) -
Figure Phillips Brooks American clergyman and author, hymnwriter (1835–1893) -
Figure Richard Bancroft British Archbishop of Canterbury -
Figure William Stubbs British historian and Anglican bishop (1825–1901) -
Figure Cecil Frances Alexander British hymn-writer and poet -
Figure Charles Studd British cricketer and missionary (1860-1931) -
Figure George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer British Whig politician (1758-1834) -
Figure John Brinkley Bishop of Cloyne; Royal Astronomer of Ireland; Irish Anglican bishop and astronomer -
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Figure Randall Davidson Scottish Archbishop of Canterbury (1848-1930) -
Figure Robert Runcie Archbishop of Canterbury, 1980-1991 -
Figure William Perkins English cleric and Puritan theologian -
Figure Edmund Grindal Archbishop of Canterbury -
Figure Edward Benson Archbishop of Canterbury (1829-1896) -
Figure Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich English politician (1496-1567) -
Figure William Herbert British botanist, botanical illustrator, poet, and clergyman (1778–1847) -
Figure William Sancroft Archbishop of Canterbury (1617-1693) -
Figure Ernest Barnes English mathematician and clergyman (1874–1953) -
Figure Geoffrey Fisher Archbishop of Canterbury (1887-1972) -
Figure John Colenso British bishop and mathematician (1814-1883) -
Figure Richard Harris Barham British writer and priest (1788-1845) -
Figure Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury British Conservative politician (1893–1972) -
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Figure William Colenso New Zealand printer, botanist, explorer, missionary and politician (1811–1899) -
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Figure William Williams Pantycelyn Welsh hymnwriter (1717-1791) -
Figure Charles Longley Archbishop of Canterbury; Archbishop of York; Bishop of Durham; Bishop of Ripon (1794-1868) -
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Figure Charles Manners-Sutton Archbishop of Canterbury; Bishop of Norwich -
Figure Frederic Farrar British clergyman and author -
Figure Henry Compton Bishop of Oxford; Bishop of London -
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Figure Michael Ramsey Archbishop of Canterbury (1904-1988) -
Figure William Archibald Spooner British priest known for his Spoonerisms (1844-1930) -
Figure Arthur Penrhyn Stanley English churchman, Dean of Westminster (1815-1881) -
Figure Henry Labouchere, 1st Baron Taunton English politician (1798-1869) -
Figure James Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury British politician (1861-1947) -
Figure John Bacchus Dykes British clergyman and hymnist (1823–1876) -
Figure John Tillotson Archbishop of Canterbury -
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Figure Joseph Wolff Jewish Christian missionary -
Figure Oliver Lyttelton, 1st Viscount Chandos British politician (1893-1972)
Texts and teachings
Places and sites
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Westminster Abbey
Gothic abbey church in London, England, UK -
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St Paul's Cathedral
Cathedral in the City of London, England, UK -
Canterbury Cathedral
Cathedral in Canterbury, Kent, England, founded in 597 -
Salisbury Cathedral
Church of England cathedral in Salisbury, England, UK -
Lincoln Cathedral
Cathedral located in Lincoln in England -
Winchester Cathedral
Cathedral in Winchester, Hampshire, England, UK -
Durham Cathedral
Cathedral in Durham, England, UK -
York Minster
Cathedral of York, North Yorkshire, England, UK
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Place St Margaret's Church, Westminster Church in Westminster, London, United Kingdom -
Place Ely Cathedral Principal church of the Diocese of Ely, in Cambridgeshire, England, UK -
Place St Martin-in-the-Fields Church in London -
Place Wells Cathedral Anglican cathedral in Wells, Somerset, England, UK -
Place St Patrick's Cathedral Cathedral in Dublin, Ireland -
Place Gloucester Cathedral Cathedral in England -
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Place St George's Chapel, Windsor Place of worship at Windsor Castle in England, United Kingdom -
Place Exeter Cathedral Anglican cathedral, and the seat of the Bishop of Exeter in England, UK -
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Place Southwark Cathedral Mother church of the Anglican Diocese of Southwark -
Place Temple Church, London 12th-century church in London built for and by the Knights Templar -
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Place Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin Diocesan cathedral of Dublin and Glendalough, Church of Ireland -
Place Rochester Cathedral Norman church in Rochester, Medway, Kent, England, UK -
Place St Albans Cathedral Cathedral in St Albans, England -
Place Peterborough Cathedral Cathedral in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, UK -
Place Worcester Cathedral Cathedral in Worcester, England -
Place Carlisle Cathedral Seat of the Anglican Bishop of Carlisle -
Place King's College Chapel Chapel in King's College, University of Cambridge, UK -
Place Lichfield Cathedral Cathedral in Lichfield, Staffordshire, England, UK -
Place Norwich Cathedral Cathedral in England -
Place Bristol Cathedral Cathedral -
Place Chichester Cathedral Grade I listed cathedral in Chichester, United Kingdom -
Place Chester Cathedral Grade I listed cathedral in Chester, United Kingdom -
Place Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford Cathedral of the diocese of Oxford, England -
Place Hereford Cathedral Cathedral in Hereford, England -
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Place Leicester Cathedral Cathedral -
Place Malmesbury Abbey Abbey and parish church in Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England, UK -
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Place Llandaff Cathedral Anglican cathedral in Cardiff, Wales -
Place Church of St Peter ad Vincula, Tower Hamlets Grade I listed chapel in London Borough of Tower Hamlets, UK, within the Tower of London -
Place St Davids Cathedral Cathedral and grade I listed church building in St Davids, Wales -
Place Ripon Cathedral Cathedral in Ripon, North Yorkshire, England, UK -
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Place Bangor Cathedral Grade I listed church building in Bangor. Cathedral in Bangor, Gwynedd, north-west Wales -
Place Shrewsbury Abbey Parish church and former abbey in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, UK -
Place St. Paul's Cathedral Cathedral in Kolkata -
Place All Hallows-by-the-Tower Church in the City of London, United Kingdom -
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Place Brecon Cathedral Grade I listed cathedral in Brecon, Powys -
Place Romsey Abbey Parish church in Romsey, Hampshire, England, UK -
Place Tewkesbury Abbey Abbey in Gloucestershire, England, UK -
Place Portsmouth Cathedral Cathedral -
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Place Christ Church Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States -
Place Newport Cathedral Grade I listed church building in Newport. Cathedral in Newport, south Wales, United Kingdom -
Place St Asaph Cathedral Cathedral in St Asaph, Denbighshire, Wales -
Place St James’s Church, Piccadilly Church in City of Westminster, London, England, UK -
Place Hexham Abbey Grade I listed place of Christian worship in Hexham, Northumberland, England, UK -
Place St Mary's Cathedral, Limerick Cathedral in Limerick, County Limerick, Ireland -
Place Escomb Church Church in Escomb, County Durham, England, UK -
Place St George's, Hanover Square Church in the City of Westminster, London, England, UK -
Place St John's Chapel, Tower of London Chapel inside the White Tower at the Tower of London -
Place Chapel of St Peter-on-the-Wall Grade I listed chapel in Bradwell-on-Sea, Essex, England, UK -
Place Crowland Abbey Parish church of Church of England in Crowland, Lincolnshire, England, UK -
Place St Marylebone Parish Church, Marylebone Anglican church in London, England, UK -
Place Pershore Abbey Church in Pershore, Worcestershire, England, UK -
Place St Melangell's Church Church in Pennant Melangell, Powys, Wales -
Place Church of St Mary Bishophill Junior Church in York, UK -
Place Church of St. Dunstan, Mayfield Church in Mayfield, East Sussex, England, UK -
Place Macau Protestant Chapel Chapel in Macau -
Place St Mary's Church, Battersea Church in Battersea, London
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