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The Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament (CBS) is a devotional society in the Anglican Communion dedicated to venerating the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist. It was founded in 1862 during the Catholic Revival in the Church of England and has worked to promote the Mass as the weekly main service, weekly confession, and Eucharistic fasting. The Anglican Communion uses the compass rose as its symbol, signifying its worldwide reach and decentralized nature. ... The Real Presence is the term various Christian traditions use to express their belief that, in the Eucharist, Jesus the Christ is really (and not merely symbolically, figuratively or by his power) present in what was previously just bread and wine. ... The Eucharist or Communion or The Lords Supper, is the rite that Christians perform in fulfillment of Jesus instruction, recorded in the New Testament[1], to do in memory of him what he did at his Last Supper. ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The Oxford Movement was a loose affiliation of High Church Anglicans, most of them members of the University of Oxford, who sought to demonstrate that the Church of England was a direct descendant of the Christian church established by the Apostles. ... The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England, and acts as the mother and senior branch of the worldwide Anglican Communion, as well as a founding member of the Porvoo Communion. ...
The Anglican Communion uses the compass rose as its symbol, signifying its worldwide reach and decentralized nature. ... The terms Anglo-Catholic and Anglo-Catholicism describe people, groups, ideas, customs and practices within Anglicanism that emphasise continuity with Catholic tradition. ... The Guild of All Souls is an Anglican devotional society dedicated to prayer for faithful departed Christians. ... The Symbol of the Society of the Holy Cross The Society of the Holy Cross is an international Anglo-Catholic society for priests in the Anglican tradition. ... The Society of King Charles the Martyr is a catholic society of the Church of England and other churches in communion with it. ... Blessed Virgin Mary A traditional catholic image of Mary, entitled the Immaculate Heart of Mary The Society of Mary is an Anglican devotional society dedicated to and under the patronage of the Blessed Virgin Mary. ...
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