Category:Anglicanism

The term Anglican denotes those people and churches following the religious traditions of the Church of England, especially after the Reformation. Anglicans trace these traditions back to the first followers of Jesus, but acknowledge that schisms occurred first with the Orthodox then with the Roman Catholic churches. Like Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches (and unlike many other Protestant churches), Anglicans maintain authority within the church through apostolic succession.

Christian denominations

                     - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - -/== Restorationism
                   /  (Claim of separate lineage)  /
                                                  /==== Protestantism 
                 /                               /
                                Reformation     /====== Anglicanism 
               /              (16th century)-> /
Early               Great Schism     /================= (Western Rites)
Christianity /     (11th century)-> /      | <-"Unia"   Roman Catholicism
==================================={     /============= (Eastern Rites)
Council of -> \  \ <-Council of     \   /
Ephesus (413)  \  \  Chalcedon (451) \================= Eastern Orthodoxy
                \  \
                 \  \================================== Oriental Orthodoxy
                  \
                   \=================================== Assyrian Church
                                                        of the East