Churches, States and Laws -- The Institutional organization of churches -- The Resolution of ecclesiastical conflict -- Archbishops and bishops -- The Ministry of priests and deacons -- The Ministry of the laity -- Faith and doctrine -- Public worship and liturgical law -- Baptism, Confirmation and Holy Communion -- Marriage, divorce, confession and funerals -- Church property and finance -- Inter-church relations and ecumenical law
Summary
There is no recognised corpus of binding law globally applicable to all churches in the Anglican Communion. This book makes available a comparative study of the constitutions, canons, and other forms of law of Anglican churches worldwide
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-390) and index
Notes
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