These include belief, among other things, in the Nicene Creed, seven sacraments and apostolic succession.
The church does not hold as dogma the Immaculate Conception, Papal Infallibility or the Assumption, but these may be believed privately.
Archbishop Arnold Harris Mathew led the original church after its establishment in 1910 until his death in 1919.
At his death in 1952, the clergy elected Geoffrey Peter Thomas Paget King as his successor.
The church is currently led by Archbishop Douglas Lewins, who succeeded to its headship in 1993.