Anglicanism, also known as Episcopalianism in some countries, is a Western Christian tradition which developed from the practices, liturgy and identity of the Church of England following the English R
Jesus holding an Flag of the Resurrection and staff in the crook of his right arm depicted in a stained glass window in Rochester Cathedral in Rochester, Kent, England
Saint Alban is venerated as the first-recorded British Christian martyr
Augustine of Canterbury, the first archbishop of Canterbury
Queen Elizabeth I revived the Church of England in 1559 and established a uniform faith and practice; she took the title "Supreme Governor"
The Anglican Communion is a Christian communion consisting of the autocephalous national and regional churches historically in full communion with the See of Canterbury. Member churches exercise juris
Anglicanism
…the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of the largest branches of Christianity, with around 110 million adherents within the Anglican Communion, and approximately 2.4 million outside of the Anglican Communion, worldwide as of 2025. Adherents of Anglicanism are called Anglicans; they are also…
Anglican confirmation at the Mikael Agricola Church in Helsinki, Finland, in June 2013
The Chair of St Augustine (the episcopal throne in Canterbury Cathedral, Kent), seat of the archbishop of Canterbury in their role as head of the Anglican Communion