Canons of the Church of England

The fully revised sixth edition of the Canons (including the 2005 and 2008 supplements) contains all the latest amendments, as well as additional supporting material including:

• an updated list of forms of service approved and commended as alternatives to The Book of Common Prayer, including Common Worship services;
• the new Admission of baptized children to Holy Communion Regulations 2006;
• advice to clergy concerning marriage and the divorced as issued by the House of Bishops in 2002;
• a full list of Churches designated pursuant to the Church of England (Ecumenical Relations) Measure 1988; and
• the list produced by the Council for Christian Unity of Churches in Communion with the Church of England.

"Knowledge of the Canons by the Clergy is essential for the right ordering and teaching of the Church of England."
+ERIC KEMP (former Bishop of Chichester)

Available to buy

To purchase the complete set of Canons in an easy-to-use binder with reference tags and incorporating the first and second supplements, simply place an order on the Church House Publishing website. Please return the yellow slip to the Legal Office to register to receive details of future supplements and editions.

Available to download

The Canons are also available to download from this website as PDF files (see 'Resources' at left). To view and print these files you will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader , the latest version of which can be downloaded free of charge. To get the best quality when using the files, we suggest you save them to your hard disk before viewing.

Corrigenda

The following amendments are to be made to the printed text of the Canons:

p. 98 (Canon C 14) – before 'Every bishop, priest or deacon ...' insert '5. '

p. 174 (Canon H 2) – in paragraph 4(d), after 'holding' insert 'office'

p. 206 (Supplementary material) – for 'Michael Ebor' substitute 'David Ebor'