The Church of England 就是Anglican Church 两个是一回事吗?

The Church of England 就是Anglican Church 两个是一回事吗?

The Anglican Communion is an international association of national Anglican churches.There is no single "Anglican Church" with universal juridical authority as each national or regional church has full autonomy.As the name suggests,the Anglican Communion is an association of these churches in full communion with the Church of England (which may be regarded as the mother church of the worldwide communion) and specifically with its principal primate,the Archbishop of Canterbury.The status of full communion means that there is mutual agreement on essential doctrines,and that full participation in the sacramental life of each national church is available to all communicant Anglicans.
　　With approximately 77 million members,the Anglican Communion is the third largest communion in the world,after the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Churches.Some of these churches are known as Anglican,explicitly recognising the historical link to England (Ecclesia Anglicana means "Church of England"); others,such as the American and Scottish Episcopal churches,or the Church of Ireland,prefer a separate name.Each church has its own doctrine and liturgy,based in most cases on that of the Church of England; and each church has its own legislative process and overall episcopal polity,under the leadership of a local primate.
　　The Archbishop of Canterbury,religious head of the Church of England,has no formal authority outside that jurisdiction,but is recognised as symbolic head of the worldwide communion.Among the other primates he is primus inter pares,or "first among equals".
　　普世圣公宗的诞生是由於英国圣公会在世界各地建立教会所造成.从历史的角度来说,普世圣公宗的发展有两个阶段.
　　1.十七世纪时圣公会开始在美国、澳洲、加拿大、纽西兰和南非等前英殖民地创立教会.
　　2.从十八世纪起,由一批圣公宗传教士在亚洲、非洲及拉丁美洲建立圣公教会.
　　圣公宗是一个世界大家庭,共有七千多万教友,分布在卅八个教省之内.而三十八个教省内共有一百六十个国家和地区的圣公会教友.他们说不同的语言,来自不同种族和文化.
　　普世圣公宗不像罗马天主教,并不是一个统一的教会体制,是一个「教会团契」,所有圣公宗内的教会地位都平等,英国国教会（The Church of England,英格兰圣公会）也不充当总会的角色,因此体现出「自主的共融」（Autonomy-in-Communion）的原则.
　　每一个地区的圣公会教会都是自立的,但他们是透过历史、神学、崇拜与普世圣公宗精神领袖,英国坎特伯里大主教的关系,建立一个独特的联合教会,称为普世圣公宗（Anglican Communion）.普世圣公宗自1867年开始,平均每十年举行一次全球圣公宗会议,名叫兰柏会议.自1978年开始,改在肯特郡大学的坎特伯里校园内举行.以方便主教们的起居和祈祷生活.