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The Anglican Understanding of the Church: An Introduction is unavailable, but you can change that!

What is the Church? The Anglican answer to this question is clearly given in this short guide to the origins, structure, ministry, and values of the Churches of the worldwide Anglican Communion. Paul Avis explains and clarifies the history and theology involved. The reader is introduced to the concepts in a structured way, making the book clear to those who may be coming to these issues for the...

Christians united to Christ in the Holy Spirit through faith and baptism and ordered in their various communities under the ministry of word, sacrament and pastoral oversight. Anglicans unequivocally recognize their fellowship with all the baptized, whatever their Christian tradition or denominational allegiance may be. The Book of Common Prayer (1662) speaks of Christians as ‘very members incorporate in the mystical body of thy Son, which is the blessed company of all faithful people’. Second, there
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