Anglican Communion

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He has previously insisted the "majority of the Anglican Communion still believes that the Bible requires a male-only episcopacy".

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

The Anglican Communion is made up of 42 provinces in 165 countries around the world.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026

"We see ourselves as a family of autonomous, yet interdependent churches," Bishop Anthony Poggo, Secretary General of the Anglican Communion, told the BBC.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026

Although the decisions of Synod do not directly affect what Anglican churches around the world teach, some such churches have threatened to leave the Anglican Communion over the issue of blessings for same-sex unions.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

I knew the Bishop well, and am persuaded that the bond that held him in the Anglican Communion might easily have snapped, under contingencies to which he was not exposed.

From Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron