Anglicanism is a family of Western Christian traditions arising from the historic Church of England. The Anglican Communion is a worldwide fellowship of autonomous provinces linked historically with the See of Canterbury.
Faith and worship
Anglican life combines Scripture, the historic creeds, episcopal order, sacramental worship, and the Book of Common Prayer tradition. Its churches encompass evangelical, catholic, charismatic, and broad-church expressions.
Organization
Anglican provinces govern themselves through bishops and synodical structures. The Archbishop of Canterbury serves as a focus of unity but does not exercise universal jurisdiction comparable to a pope.
Anglican Rite Roman Catholic Church
The Anglican Rite Roman Catholic Church, also known as the Anglican Patriarchate of Rome and the Patriarchate of St. Stephen, was one of the jurisdictions that merged in 2023 to form the modern United Roman-Ruthenian Church. The Anglican Rite Roman Catholic Church developed from the former Diocese of the Southwest of Saint Edwin Caudill. The Diocese, taken into Orthodox and Catholic Apostolic Succession in 1993 by St. Edwin, developed into the non-territorial See of St. Stephen, with metropolitan archdiocese status recognized in 2008/2009 and patriarchal status recognized in 2011.
Anglican Ordinariate of the Roman Catholic Church
Pope St. Benedict XVI established a concept known often as the Anglican Ordinariate. This consisted of several "personal ordinariates," episcopal-like jurisdictions comprising parishes following an approved version of the Anglican liturgy. Many members were former Anglicans from jurisdictions such as the Church of England and the Episcopal Church of the United States. The Ordinariate liturgy is similar to the Tridentine liturgy in style, following customs often seen in other traditional Anglican or "Anglo-Catholic" parishes.