Glossary

Every family, community, discipline and organization has "in-crowd" language, jargon that acts as a short-hand way of communicating with others in the same group. The Church is no different. While this verbal short-hand does speed up conversations, it also tends to alienate people who have yet to learn it. So here are some of the words that Anglicans tend to use that folks from other traditions might not know (starting with "Anglican"), as well as some words that we use at Trinity in special ways.

If you have a word or phrase that is new to you, let us know. We would be happy to add it to our list.

Anglican

Anglican Communion

Anglican Church in North America

American Anglican Council

Anglican Alliance

Primate

Province

Diocese

Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON)

Jerusalem Declaration

Discernment

Concensus