130:
22:
327:
209:
was occasioned by the convening in 1954 of "The First World
Congress of the Anglican Communion" at the Cathedral Church of St. Mark, Minneapolis, Minnesota, as is memorialized in stone at the crossing of the cathedral. It was designed in that year for the Congress by
256:, the traditional language of scholarship within the Anglican Communion. From the band radiate the points of the compass. The compass symbolizes the worldwide spread of the Anglican Faith. Surmounting the shield, at the North, is a
39:
86:
58:
65:
357:
105:
218:
72:
331:
263:
The design was adapted with the colors of blue and gold and made into a flag by
Canadian-born priest Father Andrew Notere. The
43:
54:
362:
367:
245:
175:
347:
264:
271:
in
December 1990, and the flag was officially inaugurated at the Meeting of the Primates of the Communion in
260:, the symbol of apostolic order essential to all Churches and Provinces constituting the Anglican Communion.
244:
and a link unifying the past to the
Communion today. Encircling the cross is a band bearing the inscription "
372:
237:
161:
79:
32:
352:
226:
230:
241:
206:
214:
300:
225:. The Compass rose was modernized in 1988 and the new design was laid into the floor of
268:
211:
341:
222:
202:
157:
253:
171:
21:
129:
326:
272:
249:
257:
179:
15:
185:
152:
144:
136:
46:. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
165:
294:
292:
290:
288:
8:
118:
219:Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine
106:Learn how and when to remove this message
236:At the centre of the circular emblem is
284:
303:. The Episcopal Diocese of Springfield
117:
7:
252::32). It is written in the original
44:adding citations to reliable sources
240:, a reminder of the origins of the
178:'), topped with a golden bishop's
14:
325:
128:
55:"Flag of the Anglican Communion"
20:
160:, inlaid with a shield bearing
31:needs additional citations for
164:surrounded by the inscription
1:
246:The Truth shall make you free
299:Long, Charles Henry (2009).
267:received the first flag at
176:the truth will set you free
389:
231:Twelfth Lambeth Conference
167:Η ΑΛΗΘΕΙΑ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΩΣΕΙ ΥΜΑΣ
166:
156:On a blue field, a golden
195:
127:
123:
358:Flags introduced in 1954
265:Archbishop of Canterbury
332:Anglican Compass Rose
233:of Anglican bishops.
201:The first use of the
334:at Wikimedia Commons
238:Saint George's Cross
227:Canterbury Cathedral
191:Father Andrew Notere
189:Canon Edward N. West
162:Saint George's Cross
40:improve this article
363:Crosses in heraldry
254:New Testament Greek
120:
368:Flags with crosses
301:"The Compass Rose"
242:Anglican Communion
207:Anglican Communion
119:Anglican Communion
330:Media related to
199:
198:
116:
115:
108:
90:
380:
329:
313:
312:
310:
308:
296:
186:Designed by
169:
168:
132:
121:
111:
104:
100:
97:
91:
89:
48:
24:
16:
388:
387:
383:
382:
381:
379:
378:
377:
348:Religious flags
338:
337:
322:
317:
316:
306:
304:
298:
297:
286:
281:
275:in April 1991.
190:
112:
101:
95:
92:
49:
47:
37:
25:
12:
11:
5:
386:
384:
376:
375:
373:Gospel of John
370:
365:
360:
355:
350:
340:
339:
336:
335:
321:
320:External links
318:
315:
314:
283:
282:
280:
277:
269:Lambeth Palace
215:Edward N. West
205:emblem of the
197:
196:
193:
192:
187:
183:
182:
154:
150:
149:
146:
142:
141:
138:
134:
133:
125:
124:
114:
113:
28:
26:
19:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
385:
374:
371:
369:
366:
364:
361:
359:
356:
354:
351:
349:
346:
345:
343:
333:
328:
324:
323:
319:
302:
295:
293:
291:
289:
285:
278:
276:
274:
270:
266:
261:
259:
255:
251:
247:
243:
239:
234:
232:
228:
224:
220:
216:
213:
208:
204:
194:
188:
184:
181:
177:
173:
163:
159:
155:
151:
147:
143:
139:
135:
131:
126:
122:
110:
107:
99:
88:
85:
81:
78:
74:
71:
67:
64:
60:
57: –
56:
52:
51:Find sources:
45:
41:
35:
34:
29:This article
27:
23:
18:
17:
307:December 21,
305:. Retrieved
262:
235:
203:Compass rose
200:
158:compass rose
102:
93:
83:
76:
69:
62:
50:
38:Please help
33:verification
30:
353:Anglicanism
229:during the
172:Koine Greek
342:Categories
279:References
137:Proportion
66:newspapers
96:July 2010
223:New York
273:Belfast
217:of the
145:Adopted
80:scholar
250:John 8
153:Design
82:
75:
68:
61:
53:
258:mitre
212:Canon
180:mitre
174:for '
87:JSTOR
73:books
309:2011
148:1954
59:news
248:" (
221:in
140:2:3
42:by
344::
287:^
311:.
170:(
109:)
103:(
98:)
94:(
84:·
77:·
70:·
63:·
36:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
