Anglicanism

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Anglicanism is the term used to encapsulate 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."

Anglican originates in ecclesia anglicana, a Medieval Latin phrase dating to at least 1246 meaning 'the English Church'.

As an adjective, 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.

As a noun, an Anglican is a member of a church in the Anglican Communion. Not all member churches of the Anglican Communion use the term "Anglican" in their names. Some instead use the term "Episcopal" (such as the Episcopal Church in the United States of America and the Scottish Episcopal Church). Though the use is disputed by the Anglican Communion, the term is also claimed by followers of dissenting Anglican groups which have left the Communion or have been founded separately from it.