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Oldest Heretic
Many anglican churches are not for one reason or another in the anglican communion.But might otherwise be seen as Anglican Churches.
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]THE CHURCHES LISTED HERE[/font][font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] are not 'in the communion'. That means that they are not part of the Anglican Communion. To be part of it, a church must have a formal relation with the See of Canterbury. It is entirely possible for a church to be in full communion with the Anglican Church without being in the Anglican Communion. It is also entirely possible for a church to be completely Anglican in heritage and origin, but for it not to be in communion with the See of Canterbury.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Many of the churches listed below refer to themselves as 'continuing churches'. By this they mean that they are continuing with some characteristic or characteristics that some Canterbury-communion churches have chosen not to continue. You will often see the term 'the continuum' to refer to the collection of churches that have broken away from Canterbury in order to do what they see as continue the old traditions.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] In order to have an Anglican church in valid apostolic succession, one needs to have one bishop whose consecration is through an Anglican origin. While that bishop may have been consecrated in the Anglican church, he or she has no obligation to remain administratively part of it. Each of these churches listed on this page has at least one independent bishop, and has a compelling reason for not being part of the Canterbury communion.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Those compelling reasons are all different. In the past we have tried hard to keep, along with the facts below, some explanations of what the churches are and how they relate to one another. We know a lot about the Canterbury "mainstream" portion of the Anglican church, and, more important, we do not have to make judgement calls about what does or does not belong in Canterbury-communion churches, because the church governance structure takes care of that for us. We have stopped maintaining any information that explains these churches, and have reduced this page to being a set of links to them.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Many people have offered us facts and opinions to improve these pages, but the problem is that they disagree with each other, and we have no way to referee disputes between them. The only money that Anglicans Online has ever spent on purposes unrelated to publishing was on legal fees to defend ourselves against a Not in Communion bishop who didn't like what we said about his church here.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]One of the least contentious starting points seems to be [/font][font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]FICOB: the Federation of Independent Catholic and Orthodox Bishops, though one bishop writes to us that 'you have tainted the entire Not In Communion list by mentioning FICOB'. The most complete list of independent denominations and dioceses used to be at ind-movement.org. For now check the NetMinistries list of denominations. [/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Do not make the mistake of believing that the churches listed below (in alphabetical order) are similar because we list them together. If they were very similar, they would find a way to unify, and then they wouldn't need to be listed separately.
[/font][font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Churches of Anglican or Episcopal Tradition[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif](NOTE: Old Catholic churches, the Philippine Independent Church, the Mar Thoma Syrian Church of Malabar, and the Churches of Bangladesh, North India, Pakistan, and South India are in Category 2 and are listed on our In Full Communion page.)[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]American Anglican Convocation
The American Anglican Convocation is committed to orthodox Anglican faith and worship in a small-church setting. They adhere to the set of beliefs as set forth in the Anglican Church International Communion and the Declaration of Principles.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Anglican Catholic Church
'We affirm that the Church of our fathers, sustained by the most Holy Trinity, lives yet, and that we, being moved by the Holy Spirit to walk only in that way, are determined to continue in the Catholic Faith, Apostolic Order, Orthodox Worship and Evangelical Witness of the traditional Anglican Church, doing all things necessary for the continuance of the same.' (From the Affirmation of St Louis)[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Anglican Catholic Church in Australia
Its web site says very little about it; they seem to assume that visitors to it already know who they are. The primate is the Most Revd Louis W Falk.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Anglican Catholic Church of Canada
'We are Anglican in background and tradition. We are Catholic - not in the sense of Roman Catholic, though, no doubt, we have much in common with them. Rather, we accept the whole Christian Faith. We don't want to be 'cafeteria-style' Christians, who pick and choose the parts of the Christian religion that we like, and turn up our noses at the rest. "We therefore accept all that Jesus Christ has taught. He is the eternal Son of God, 'the Way, the Truth, and the Life,' who was born into this world as a human child of the Virgin Mary, lived among us as a perfect human being, died on the Cross, rose from the dead, and lives and reigns for evermore.' [/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Anglican Church IN America
'The Anglican Church in America is a Province of the Traditional Anglican Communion. The word 'Anglican' refers to our spiritual heritage and roots in the Church of England.'[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The Anglican Church International
The ACI is a radically inclusive denomination. Our creator calls every person to turn to God's embrace; to find safety, love, and acceptance. The ACI supports the freedom of every human being to respond to the call of a loving God. We affirm a theology that is life giving and enhancing, rather than one that is shaming, rejecting, or oppressive and punitive [/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Anglican Church International Communion
Formed 17 November 2001 in Atlanta [Georgia, USA]. 'The new communion is the first step toward bringing greater unity to the much splintered continuing "churches" throughout the world. The guiding principles state "this is a traditional communion dedicated to bring peace and unity to all anglican worshipers," and adhere to the 1928 Book of Common Prayer and the 1962 Canadian Book of Common Prayer. Signatories to this historic document are The Rt. Rev. Larry W. Johnson, Bishop of Virginia; The Rt. Rev. Lafond LaPointe, Bishop of Haiti; The Rt. Rev. Luther Pierre-Toussaint, Bishop of Haiti; The Rt. Rev. Vincent Thakore, Bishop of the South; and The Rt. Rev. Melvin H. Pickering, Bishop of the Diocese of the Holy Sacrament'.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Anglican Church of America
'A radically inclusive dual-denomination: There are many Rites in the one, catholic and apostolic church such as the Anglican Rite, Celtic Rite, Roman Rite or Orthodox Rite (Eastern and Western Rites), Gallican Rite to suggest a few. All are valid expressions of the Orthodoxy of the one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church.'[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Anglican Church Worldwide
'Many of the Continuing Churches of the Anglican faith wrestle with whether they are in communion with Canterbury or nay. The ACW is NOT in communion with Canterbury administratively, but we are spiritually'.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]http://netministries.org/see/churches/ch03356[/font]Continued next page Terry
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Many of the churches listed below refer to themselves as 'continuing churches'. By this they mean that they are continuing with some characteristic or characteristics that some Canterbury-communion churches have chosen not to continue. You will often see the term 'the continuum' to refer to the collection of churches that have broken away from Canterbury in order to do what they see as continue the old traditions.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] In order to have an Anglican church in valid apostolic succession, one needs to have one bishop whose consecration is through an Anglican origin. While that bishop may have been consecrated in the Anglican church, he or she has no obligation to remain administratively part of it. Each of these churches listed on this page has at least one independent bishop, and has a compelling reason for not being part of the Canterbury communion.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Those compelling reasons are all different. In the past we have tried hard to keep, along with the facts below, some explanations of what the churches are and how they relate to one another. We know a lot about the Canterbury "mainstream" portion of the Anglican church, and, more important, we do not have to make judgement calls about what does or does not belong in Canterbury-communion churches, because the church governance structure takes care of that for us. We have stopped maintaining any information that explains these churches, and have reduced this page to being a set of links to them.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Many people have offered us facts and opinions to improve these pages, but the problem is that they disagree with each other, and we have no way to referee disputes between them. The only money that Anglicans Online has ever spent on purposes unrelated to publishing was on legal fees to defend ourselves against a Not in Communion bishop who didn't like what we said about his church here.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]One of the least contentious starting points seems to be [/font][font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]FICOB: the Federation of Independent Catholic and Orthodox Bishops, though one bishop writes to us that 'you have tainted the entire Not In Communion list by mentioning FICOB'. The most complete list of independent denominations and dioceses used to be at ind-movement.org. For now check the NetMinistries list of denominations. [/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Do not make the mistake of believing that the churches listed below (in alphabetical order) are similar because we list them together. If they were very similar, they would find a way to unify, and then they wouldn't need to be listed separately.
[/font][font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Churches of Anglican or Episcopal Tradition[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif](NOTE: Old Catholic churches, the Philippine Independent Church, the Mar Thoma Syrian Church of Malabar, and the Churches of Bangladesh, North India, Pakistan, and South India are in Category 2 and are listed on our In Full Communion page.)[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]American Anglican Convocation
The American Anglican Convocation is committed to orthodox Anglican faith and worship in a small-church setting. They adhere to the set of beliefs as set forth in the Anglican Church International Communion and the Declaration of Principles.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Anglican Catholic Church
'We affirm that the Church of our fathers, sustained by the most Holy Trinity, lives yet, and that we, being moved by the Holy Spirit to walk only in that way, are determined to continue in the Catholic Faith, Apostolic Order, Orthodox Worship and Evangelical Witness of the traditional Anglican Church, doing all things necessary for the continuance of the same.' (From the Affirmation of St Louis)[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Anglican Catholic Church in Australia
Its web site says very little about it; they seem to assume that visitors to it already know who they are. The primate is the Most Revd Louis W Falk.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Anglican Catholic Church of Canada
'We are Anglican in background and tradition. We are Catholic - not in the sense of Roman Catholic, though, no doubt, we have much in common with them. Rather, we accept the whole Christian Faith. We don't want to be 'cafeteria-style' Christians, who pick and choose the parts of the Christian religion that we like, and turn up our noses at the rest. "We therefore accept all that Jesus Christ has taught. He is the eternal Son of God, 'the Way, the Truth, and the Life,' who was born into this world as a human child of the Virgin Mary, lived among us as a perfect human being, died on the Cross, rose from the dead, and lives and reigns for evermore.' [/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Anglican Church IN America
'The Anglican Church in America is a Province of the Traditional Anglican Communion. The word 'Anglican' refers to our spiritual heritage and roots in the Church of England.'[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The Anglican Church International
The ACI is a radically inclusive denomination. Our creator calls every person to turn to God's embrace; to find safety, love, and acceptance. The ACI supports the freedom of every human being to respond to the call of a loving God. We affirm a theology that is life giving and enhancing, rather than one that is shaming, rejecting, or oppressive and punitive [/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Anglican Church International Communion
Formed 17 November 2001 in Atlanta [Georgia, USA]. 'The new communion is the first step toward bringing greater unity to the much splintered continuing "churches" throughout the world. The guiding principles state "this is a traditional communion dedicated to bring peace and unity to all anglican worshipers," and adhere to the 1928 Book of Common Prayer and the 1962 Canadian Book of Common Prayer. Signatories to this historic document are The Rt. Rev. Larry W. Johnson, Bishop of Virginia; The Rt. Rev. Lafond LaPointe, Bishop of Haiti; The Rt. Rev. Luther Pierre-Toussaint, Bishop of Haiti; The Rt. Rev. Vincent Thakore, Bishop of the South; and The Rt. Rev. Melvin H. Pickering, Bishop of the Diocese of the Holy Sacrament'.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Anglican Church of America
'A radically inclusive dual-denomination: There are many Rites in the one, catholic and apostolic church such as the Anglican Rite, Celtic Rite, Roman Rite or Orthodox Rite (Eastern and Western Rites), Gallican Rite to suggest a few. All are valid expressions of the Orthodoxy of the one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church.'[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Anglican Church Worldwide
'Many of the Continuing Churches of the Anglican faith wrestle with whether they are in communion with Canterbury or nay. The ACW is NOT in communion with Canterbury administratively, but we are spiritually'.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]http://netministries.org/see/churches/ch03356[/font]Continued next page Terry