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Church of Ireland
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The Church of Ireland (Irish: Eaglais na hÉireann, pronounced [ˈaɡlˠəʃ n̪ˠə ˈheːɾʲən̪ˠ]; Ulster-Scots: Kirk o Airlann, IPA: [kɪrk ə ˈerlən(d)])[3] is a Christian church in Ireland, and an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion. It is organised on an all-Ireland basis and is the second-largest Christian church on the island after the Roman Catholic Church. Like other Anglican churches, it has retained elements of pre-Reformation practice, notably its episcopal polity, while rejecting the primacy of the pope.
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Eaglais na hÉireann (Irish) Kirk o Airlann (Scots) | |
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Type | Communion |
Classification | Protestant |
Orientation | Anglican[lower-alpha 1] |
Scripture | Bible |
Theology | Anglican doctrine |
Polity | Episcopal |
Primates | Archbishop of Armagh – John McDowell Archbishop of Dublin – Michael Jackson |
Associations | |
Region | Ireland |
Language | English, Irish |
Headquarters | Church of Ireland House Church Avenue Rathmines Dublin D06 CF67 Ireland |
Independence | 1871 (disestablishment) |
Separated from | Roman Catholic Church in 1536 |
Branched from | Theologically: Church of England |
Congregations | 1100 places of worship 450 parishes[1] |
Members | 343,400[2] |
Official website | ireland.anglican.org |
In theological and liturgical matters, it incorporates many principles of the Reformation, particularly those of the English Reformation, but self-identifies as being both Reformed and Catholic, in that it sees itself as the inheritor of a continuous tradition going back to the founding of Christianity in Ireland.[4] As with other members of the global Anglican communion, individual parishes accommodate differing approaches to the level of ritual and formality, variously referred to as High and Low Church.[5]