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Anglo-Catholicism
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An´glo-Ca`thol´i`cism
n.1.The belief of those in the Church of England who accept many doctrines and practices which they maintain were those of the primitive, or true, Catholic Church, of which they consider the Church of England to be the lineal descendant; a doctrine and practice within the Church of England emphasizing the Catholic tradition.

Anglo-Catholicism
the praetiees in the Anglican communion that hold that Catholicism is inherent in a church whose episcopate is able to traee its line of descent from the apostles and whose faith Catholics agree to be revealed truth. — AngloCatholic, n., adj.
See also: Catholicism
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Noun1.Anglo-Catholicism - a doctrine and practice within the Church of England emphasizing the Catholic tradition
Anglicanism - the faith and doctrine and practice of the Anglican Church
Translations
Anglo-Catholicism [ˈæŋgləʊkəˈθɒlɪsɪzəm] Nanglocatolicismo m


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Knowles was born in Kent and he retained, for the rest of his life, both the accent and the high Anglican faith of his boyhood.
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