Definition of anglicanism Anglicanism

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We found 8 definitions of anglicanism from 5 different sources.

What does anglicanism mean?

Noun
anglicanism - the faith and doctrine and practice of the Anglican Church
		protestantism the theological system of any of the churches of western Christendom that separated from the Roman Catholic Church during the Reformation

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anglicanism (n.)
Strong partiality to the principles and rites of the Church of England.
anglicanism (n.)
The principles of the established church of England; also, in a restricted sense, the doctrines held by the high-church party.
anglicanism (n.)
Attachment to England or English institutions.

Anglicanism is the term used for the doctrine, religious belief, faith, system, practice and principles of the Church of England and other Anglican churches. The term at its broadest "includes those who have accepted the work of the English Reformation as embodied in the Church of England or in the offshoot Churches which in other countries have adhered, at least substantially, to its doctrines, its organization, and its liturgy."

The term Anglican derives from a Medieval Latin phrase dating to at least 1246 - "ecclesia anglicana" -meaning 'the English Church'. The noun Anglican is used to describe the people, institutions and churches as well as the liturgical traditions and theological concepts developed by the state established Church of England and the Anglican Communion, a theologically broad and often divergent affiliation of thirty-eight provinces that are in communion with the Archbishop of Canterbury.