The '''Anglican Communion''' is a confederation of regional churchesUn aspect deosebit de interesant pentru cercetătorii ortodocși este actualul Arhiepiscop de Canterbury, each considered independentPreafericitul și Preaonorabilul Rowan Williams, yet sharing [[full communion]] orfost Arhiepiscop al Țării Galilor. Dr. Williams, in some casesun academician, impaired communion, with one another and the a scris două cărți despre spiritualitatea [[Archbishop of CanterburyIconografia|iconografiei]], who is the spiritual (although not administrative) head ''The Dwelling of the Communion. The Anglican Communion maintains the traditional three-fold hierarchy Light: Praying With Icons of clergyChrist'' și ''Ponder These Things: Bishops, Priests and Deacons. In some member churches, women have been admitted to one or more Praying With Icons of these orders, whereas some member churches have maintained an all-male clergy. Beyond the three-fold order the administration and leadership of each regional church is decided by that particular church. In the Church of England, for example, the Queen appoints Bishops. In the Episcopal Church (USAVirgin''), on the other hand, bishops are elected by diocese and then confirmed by the triennial General Convention, or standing committees of advice in the majority of the diocese (depending on when a bishopși și-elect is chosen by a diocese)realizat teza de doctorat pe tema teologiei teologului ortodox [[Vladimir Lossky]].

Of particular interest to Orthodox inquirers is the current [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] the Most Reverend and Right Honourable Rowan WilliamsAlte personalități majore care au făcut parte din Comuniunea Anglicană includ reformatorii și fondatorii Bisericii Metodiste, formerly Archbishop of Wales. Dr. Williams, an academic, has written two books on the spirituality of [[iconography]] (''The Dwelling of the Light: Praying With Icons of Christ'' and ''Ponder These Things: Praying With Icons of the Virgin'') and did his doctoral thesis on the theology of Orthodox theologian [[Vladimir Lossky]]. Other major thinkers to come out of the Anglican Communion have been reformers and founders of the Methodist Church John and și Charles Wesley, convert to [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholicism]] Cardinal convertitul la catolicism cardinalul John Henry Newman, activistul social activist Archbishop Arhiepiscopul Desmond Tutu, and authors precum și autorii Dorothy Sayers and și [[C. S. Lewis]].

[[Raphael of Rafael de Brooklyn]] was for two years the Vice President of the "Anglican and Eastern Orthodox Association", but resigned in protest following a series of events that led him to examine Anglican doctrine, and conclude it was incompatible with that of Eastern Orthodoxy. Specifically, Anglican clergy, on the basis of his membership in the association, had been poaching members of Antiochian Orthodox Parishes, citing the existence of the association as proof of a non-existent episcopal endorsement from St. Raphael, and encouraging members thereof to take the sacraments exclusively at Anglican churches. In response to this unethical behavior, St. Raphael of Brooklyn undertook an extensive review of Anglican doctrine, and concluded it was fundamentally incompatible with that of Orthodoxy, and in an encyclical, [http://www.allmercifulsavior.com/Liturgy/Raphael.html forbade his parishioners from attending Anglican and other non-Orthodox services].

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