The Wales entry in this confusing derby is not statistically wrong, since it is so amazingly vague. But this \u201cAnglican Communion resembles the United Nations\u201d\u009d image could get out of control. And note that terrible phrase \u201clinkage of human persons,\u201d\u009d etc. What in the world does that mean? Does Islam merely \u201clink\u201d\u009d persons\u201d\u009d How about \u201cPentecostalism\u201d\u009d? How about the doctrines written on Starbuck\u2019s cups?<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, on the issue of the various Communions, GetReligion will gladly admit that almost all of the statistics are inflated and almost impossible to reference with a straight face. Still, when you look at the mainstream reference books, here is what you find: There are about 1 billion Roman Catholics worldwide, about 250 million or so Orthodox Christians and roughly 55 to 70 million Anglicans, depending on who is doing the counting.<\/p>\n