Canon law of the Anglican Communion

The Anglican Communion does not have a centralised canon law of its own, unlike the canon law of the Catholic Church.[1] Each of the autonomous member churches of the communion, however, does have a canonical system. Some, such as the Church of England, has an ancient, highly developed canon law while others, such as the Episcopal Church in the United States have more recently developed canonical systems originally based on the English canon law.

See also

• Anglicanism
• Canon law of the Church of England
• Canon law of the Episcopal Church in the United States
• Ecclesiastical Law Society
• Religious law
• Valid but irregular

Notes

1. Skyes & Booty 1988, p. 206.

References

• Skyes, Stephen; Booty, John, eds. (1988). The Study of Anglicanism. London: SPCK. ISBN 978-0-281-04330-9.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

Further reading

• Anglican Communion Legal Advisers' Network (2008). The Principles of Canon Law Common to the Churches of the Anglican Communion (PDF). London: Anglican Consultative Council. ISBN 978-0-9558261-3-9. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
• Doe, Norman (1998). Canon Law in the Anglican Communion: A Worldwide Perspective. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 978-0-19-826782-9.