Synodality in Anglicanism

Abstract

Abstract The Church of England and the wider Anglican Communion have adopted forms of synodical government from the very beginnings of their existence, even when this was exercised through parliament. There has been very little theological discussion of synods, especially of the role of the laity. Although some have used a Trinitarian theology to analyse synods, far more appropriate is a form of Augustinianism that can handle the conflicts at the heart of human life which are mirrored in the church as a corpus permixtum.