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Surmounting the shield, at the North, is a mitre, the symbol of apostolic order essential to all Churches and Provinces constituting the Anglican Communion. [ 1 ] The design was adapted with the colors of blue and gold and made into a flag by Canadian-born priest Father Andrew Notere.
Because the cross has similar symbolism, [34] the crosier was suppressed for cardinals and bishops by the Roman Catholic Church in 1969, [56] and is now used only on some corporate arms, and the personal arms of abbots and some abbesses. [57] In English custom and in the Anglican Churches, two crosiers are often found crossed in saltire behind ...
The word Episcopal ("of or pertaining to bishops") is preferred in the title of the Episcopal Church (the province of the Anglican Communion covering the United States) and the Scottish Episcopal Church, though the full name of the former is The Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America.
It is sometimes used as a symbol to represent the Anglican Communion. For example, in 1932, a Canterbury Cross made up of pieces of stone from Canterbury was sent to each of the Anglican diocesan cathedrals of the world as a visible symbol of the communion with Canterbury. [4
Arms shown in The Boy's Own Paper, circa 1885. England has a long tradition of ecclesiastical heraldry.An Anglican bishopric is considered a corporation sole, and most have been granted official arms.
The Church in Wales uses a blue Cross defaced with a gold Celtic Cross. The Church of Ireland uses the St Patrick's Saltire but also uses the Compass-rose Flag of the Anglican Communion equally. The Protestant Church in Germany, a federation of Lutheran, Reformed and United Protestant churches, has a flag with a violet Latin cross.
Symbol of the Armenian Apostolic Church, and a typical feature of khachkars. Also known as the "Blooming Cross" owing to the trefoil emblems at the ends of each branch. A khachkar (cross-stone) is a popular symbol of Armenian Christianity. Bolnisi cross: Ancient Georgian cross and national symbol from the 5th century AD. Caucasian Albanian cross
The Church of Ireland and the Church in Wales separated from the Church of England in 1869 [195] and 1920 [196] respectively and are autonomous churches in the Anglican Communion; Scotland's national church, the Church of Scotland, is Presbyterian, but the Scottish Episcopal Church is part of the Anglican Communion. [197]