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Farncombe Community, the Glossary

The Farncombe Community was an ecumenical community of women founded in 1964 by Sister Carol Graham to work and pray for the unity of Christian denominations, and based in Farncombe in Surrey.^[1]

27 relations: Anglicanism, Bishop of Guildford, Carol Graham, Catholic Church, Christianity, Church of South India, Churches Together in Britain and Ireland, Deaconess, Dean of Westminster, Ecumenism, Eric Abbott, Eucharist, Farncombe, George Reindorp, Methodism, Milton Keynes, Missionary, Nonconformist (Protestantism), Office, Prayer, Reginald Somerset Ward, Spiritual direction, Surrey, Swanwick, Derbyshire, Switzerland, Taizé Community, Willen.
Intentional communities in the United Kingdom
Nondenominational Christian societies and communities

Anglicanism

Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition which developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe.

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Bishop of Guildford

The Bishop of Guildford is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Guildford in the Province of Canterbury.

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Carol Graham

Carol Graham (born January 29, 1962) is the Leo Pasvolsky Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, a College Park professor at the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, a research fellow at the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), and the author of numerous books, papers and edited volume chapters.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.

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Christianity

Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.

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Church of South India

The Church of South India (CSI) is a united Protestant Church in India.

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Churches Together in Britain and Ireland

Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (CTBI) is an ecumenical organisation.

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Deaconess

The ministry of a deaconess is a usually non-ordained ministry for women in some Protestant, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Orthodox churches to provide pastoral care, especially for other women, and which may carry a limited liturgical role.

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Dean of Westminster

The Dean of Westminster is the head of the chapter at Westminster Abbey.

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Ecumenism

Ecumenism (alternatively spelled oecumenism)also called interdenominationalism, or ecumenicalismis the concept and principle that Christians who belong to different Christian denominations should work together to develop closer relationships among their churches and promote Christian unity.

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Eric Abbott

Eric Symes Abbott KCVO (26 May 1906 – 6 June 1983) was an English Anglican priest and academic administrator.

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Eucharist

The Eucharist (from evcharistía), also known as Holy Communion, the Blessed Sacrament and the Lord's Supper, is a Christian rite that is considered a sacrament in most churches, and as an ordinance in others.

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Farncombe

Farncombe, historically Fernecome, is a village and peripheral settlement of Godalming in Waverley, Surrey, England and is approximately 0.8 miles (1.3 km) north-east of the Godalming centre, separated by common land known as the Lammas Lands.

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George Reindorp

George Edmund Reindorp (11 December 1911– 20 April 1990) was an Anglican bishop.

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Methodism

Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a Protestant Christian tradition whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley.

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Milton Keynes

Milton Keynes is a city in Buckinghamshire, England, about north-west of London.

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Missionary

A missionary is a member of a religious group who is sent into an area in order to promote its faith or provide services to people, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care, and economic development.

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Nonconformist (Protestantism)

Nonconformists were Protestant Christians who did not "conform" to the governance and usages of the state church in England, and in Wales until 1914, the Church of England.

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Office

An office is a space where the employees of an organization perform administrative work in order to support and realize the various goals of the organization.

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Prayer

Prayer is an invocation or act that seeks to activate a rapport with an object of worship through deliberate communication.

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Reginald Somerset Ward

Reginald Somerset Ward (28 January 1881 - 9 July 1962) was an English Anglican priest, author and spiritual director.

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Spiritual direction

Spiritual direction is the practice of being with people as they attempt to deepen their relationship with the divine, or to learn and grow in their personal spirituality.

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Surrey

Surrey is a ceremonial county in South East England and one of the home counties.

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Swanwick, Derbyshire

Swanwick is a village in Derbyshire, England, also a parish within the Amber Valley district, with a population of 5,316 at the 2001 census, falling to 5,084 at the 2011 Census.

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Switzerland

Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe.

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The Taizé Community is an ecumenical Christian monastic community in Taizé, Saône-et-Loire, Burgundy, France. Farncombe Community and Taizé Community are Christian ecumenical organizations.

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Willen

Willen is a district of Milton Keynes, England and is also one of the ancient villages of Buckinghamshire to have been included in the designated area of the New City in 1967.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farncombe_Community