Lusitanian Catholic Apostolic Evangelical Church
| Lusitanian Catholic Apostolic Evangelical Church | |
|---|---|
| Igreja Lusitana Católica Apostólica Evangélica | |
Seal of Lusitanian Catholic Apostolic Evangelical Church | |
| Abbreviation | LCAEC |
| Classification | Christian |
| Orientation | Anglican |
| Scripture | Holy Bible |
| Theology | Anglican doctrine |
| Polity | Episcopal |
| Bishop | Jorge Pina Cabral |
| Extra-provincial church | Portuguese extra-provincial church within Anglican communion |
| Associations | Anglican Communion |
| Region | Portugal |
| Members | 2,700 - 5,000 |
| Official website | Official Website |
The Lusitanian Catholic Apostolic Evangelical Church (Portuguese: Igreja Lusitana Católica Apostólica Evangélica) is a Christian denomination in Portugal.
The denomination is a member church of the Anglican Communion.[1]
Membership
The church reports to the World Council of Churches that it has around 5,000 members.[2][3] In 2016, research published in the Journal of Anglican Studies, by Cambridge University Press, reported that the church claims 5,000 total members.[4] In 2017, Growth and Decline in the Anglican Communion: 1980 to the Present, published by Routledge, collected peer-reviewed research, edited by faculty at Durham University, reporting there were 2,700 Anglicans in Portugal, a decline from 4,500 in 1970.[5]
Worship and liturgy
In the early days of the church, a translation into Portuguese from 1849 of the 1662 edition of the Book of Common Prayer was used. In 1884 the church published its own prayer book based on the Anglican prayer books, Roman Rite, and Mozarabic liturgies. The intent was to emulate the customs of the primitive apostolic church.[6]
See also
- St Paul's Cathedral, Lisbon — seat of the Lusitanian Church
- Protestantism in Portugal
References
- ^ Office, Anglican Communion. "Anglican Communion: Member Church". Anglican Communion Website. Retrieved 2025-07-12.
- ^ "Liturgia da Igreja Lusitana: The Book of Common Prayer of the Lusitanian Church (1991)". justus.anglican.org. Retrieved 2025-07-12.
- ^ "Lusitanian Church of Portugal | World Council of Churches". www.oikoumene.org. 1962-01-01. Retrieved 2025-07-12.
- ^ Muñoz, Daniel (May 2016). "North to South: A Reappraisal of Anglican Communion Membership Figures". Journal of Anglican Studies. 14 (1): 71–95. doi:10.1017/S1740355315000212. ISSN 1740-3553.
- ^ Goodhew, David, ed. (2017). Growth and decline in the Anglican communion: 1980 to the present. Routledge contemporary ecclesiology (1st ed.). London New York: Routledge. p. 48. ISBN 978-1-4724-3364-0.
- ^ Rowthorn, Jeffery. "Anglican Churches in Europe." Pages 439-442. IN: Hefling, Charles C., and Cynthia L. Shattuck. The Oxford Guide to the Book of Common Prayer: A Worldwide Survey. Page 440.
Further reading
- Anglican Communion, and Church of England. The Iberian Churches. [London] [14 Great Peter St., SW1P 3NQ]: Anglican Consultative Council, 1980.
- Church of Ireland, and William Conyngham Plunket Plunket. The Irish Bishops and Church Reform in Spain and Portugal: A Record of the Action Taken by the Irish Episcopate at Their Meeting February 20, 1894. Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1894.
- Colóquio comemorativo do centenário da Igreja do Torne. Vila Nova de Gaia de ha cem anos. Vila Nova de Gaia: Junta Paroquial de S.João Evangelista, 1995.
- Iglesia Española Reformada Episcopal, and Colin Ogilvie Buchanan. Liturgies of the Spanish and Portuguese Reformed Episcopal Churches. Grove, 1985.
- Igreja Lusitana Católica Apostólica Evangélica. Eucaristia ou Ceia do Senhor. [Pôrto]: [Imprensa Social], 1963.
- Igreja Lusitana Católica Apostólica Evangélica. O livro de oração comum; administração dos sacramentos e outros ofícios divinos na Igreja Lusitana. Porto, Portugal: Tipo-Lito de Gonçalves & Nogueira, 1928.
- Igreja Lusitana Católica Apostólica Evangélica. Lusitanian Church, Catholic Apostolic Evangelical: A Century of Portuguese Anglican Witness. Vila Nova de Gaia: [s.n.], 1985.
- Igreja Lusitana Católica Apostólica Evangélica (Portugal). Ecclesia. Orgão Oficial Da Igreja Lusitana Católica Apostólica Evangélica. Ano 5. No. 24. Ano 6. No. 25/27. Nov. 1953, Jan/Maio 1954. 1953.
- Irwin, O. A. C. Pilgrim Churches: The Spanish and Portuguese Reformed Episcopal Churches. [London, England]: [Houghton & Sons, Ltd.], 1956.
- Macdonald, John A. 2013. "Dioceses Extra-Provincial to Canterbury (Bermuda, the Lusitanian Church, the Reformed Episcopal Church of Spain, and Falkland Islands)". 464-473. IN: Markham, Ian S.; Provinces; Markham, The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to the Anglican Communion; John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: Chichester, UK.
- Moreira, Eduardo. Esboço da história da Igreja Lusitana. [Portugal]: Edição do Sínodo da Igreja Lusitania Católica Apostólica Evangélica, 1949.
- Plunket, William Conyngham Plunket, R. Stewart Clough, and Thomas Godfrey Pembroke Pope. The Divine Offices and Other Formularies of the Reformed Episcopal Churches of Spain and Portugal. London: S.W. Partridge, 1882.
- Ribeiro, António Pinto. Catecismo de doutrina cristã: destinado à instrução religiosa dos alunos das escolas primárias da Igreja Lusitana Católica Apostólica Evangélica. [Porto]: Edição do Sínodo da Igreja Lusitania, 1949.
- Ordem da eucaristia: segundo o rito da Igreja Lusitana: edição do Sínodo da Igreja Lusitana Católica Apostólica Evangélica. S.l: s.n.], 1969.
- Church Reform in Spain and Portugal: A Short History of the Reformed Episcopal Churches of Spain and Portugal, from 1868 to the Present Time, by H. E. Noyes (1897)
- Liturgia da Igreja Lusitana (1991) (in Portuguese)
- Reformation Movements in Foreign Churches (with Special Reference to Spain and Portugal), by William Conyngham Plunket (1885)
External links
- Official Web site (in Portuguese)