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The Anglican Church in America was created in 1991 following extensive negotiations between the Anglican Catholic Church (ACC) and the American Episcopal Church (AEC). The effort was aimed at overcoming disunity in the Continuing Anglican movement. This was only partially successful.
The Anglican Catholic Church ( ACC ), also known as the Anglican Catholic Church (Original Province), is a body of Christians in the continuing Anglican movement, which is separate from the Anglican Communion. [1] This denomination is separate from the Anglican Catholic Church in Australia and the Anglican Catholic Church of Canada .
The Anglican Church in North America ( ACNA) is a Christian denomination in the Anglican tradition in the United States and Canada. It also includes ten congregations in Mexico, [2] two mission churches in Guatemala, [3] and a missionary diocese in Cuba. [4] Headquartered in Ambridge, Pennsylvania, the church reported 977 congregations and ...
Anglo-Catholicism comprises beliefs and practices that emphasise the catholic heritage and identity of the various Anglican churches. [1] [2] High Mass at Pusey House, Oxford. The term was coined in the early 19th century, [3] although movements emphasising the Catholic nature of Anglicanism already existed. [4] [5] Particularly influential in ...
The Episcopal Church ( TEC ), based in the United States with additional dioceses elsewhere, is a member church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. It is a mainline Protestant denomination and is divided into nine provinces. The presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church is Michael Bruce Curry, the first African American bishop to serve in that ...
The American Anglican Church (AAC) is a Continuing Anglican jurisdiction that counts at present thirteen parishes and missions in North America, many of which serve the Kenyan diaspora population (in the United States). It was founded later in the history of the Continuing Anglican movement, ultimately deriving from controversies in the ...
The Anglican Church in North America is a North American member province of the Global Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans (GAFCON). It is currently divided in 28 dioceses and two special jurisdictions or missionary districts. There are numerous geographically based dioceses, non-geographical dioceses and networks. Many jurisdictions overlap ...
Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition which developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, [1] in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of the largest branches of Christianity, with around 110 million adherents worldwide as of 2001.