Anglican and Episcopal Acronyms and Abbreviations
More lists of acronyms and abbreviations
Internet Acronyms Dictionary
| +Name | Bishop (also +Diocese) |
| ++Name | Primate of Province (also ++Province) |
| Name+ | Priest |
| 815 | Offices of The Episcopal Church and its Departments (from its street address) |
| AAC | American Anglican Council |
| ABC | Archbishop of Canterbury |
| ABY | Archbishop of York |
| ACC | Anglican Consultative Council sometimes used for Anglican Church of Canada |
| ACF | Adult Christian Formation |
| ACN | Anglican Communion Network. See also: AAC and IRD. Not to be confused with ACNS. |
| ACNS | Anglican Communion News Service |
| AO | Anglicans Online |
| BAS | Book of Alternative Services (Canada) |
| BCP | Book of Common Prayer |
| BOS | Book of Occasional Services (TEC) |
| CDSP | Church Divinity School of the Pacific, Berkeley, California |
| CEN | Church of England Newspaper |
| CofE | Church of England |
| COM | Commission on Ministry |
| CSSP | Companion of the Society of St Paul |
| CT | Church Times |
| CW | Common Worship (England) |
| DCE | Director of Chrisitan Education |
| DOK | Daughters of the King |
| EC | Executive Council (TEC), sometimes also Episcopal Church |
| ECUSA | Episcopal Church of the United States of America (=TEC) |
| ECW | Episcopal Church Women |
| EFM | Education for Ministry |
| EL | Episcopal Life (magazine) |
| ELCA | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
| ENS | Episcopal News Service |
| EOW | Enriching Our Worship |
| EP | Evening Prayer |
| GC | General Convention (of TEC) |
| GS | General Synod |
| HE | Holy Eucharist |
| HoB | House of Bishops |
| HoBD | House of Bishops and Deputies email list |
| IRD | Institute on Religion and Democracy. See also: AAC, ACN |
| J2A | Journey to Adulthood |
| LFF | Lesser Feasts and Fasts (TEC) |
| MP | Morning Prayer |
| NZPB | New Zealand Prayer Book |
| ObJN | Oblate of the Order of Julian of Norwich |
| OCM | Organist and choirmaster |
| PB | Presiding Bishop (of TEC) |
| PECUSA |
Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America (= TEC) |
| ++RW | Rowan Williams. See ABC. |
| TEAPOT | Those Evil Awful People Over There |
| TEC | The Episcopal Church |
| TLC |
The Living Church (magazine) |
| VBS | Vacation Bible School |
| +VGR | Bishop (V) Gene Robinson of New Hampshire |
| VTS | Virginia Theological Seminary |
| WR | Windsor Report |
Please send suggestions for additions and corrections to Peter Owen (peter@justus.anglican.org)
page last amended on 23 November 2005