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Episcopal Church
The Episcopal Church is the American branch of the Anglican Communion. The Anglican Communion is an inheritor of 2000 years of catholic and apostolic tradition dating from Christ himself, rooted in the Church of England. When the Church of England spread throughout the British Empire, sister churches sprang up. These churches, while operating under different governing bodies, are bound together by tradition, Scripture, and the inheritance they have received from the Church of England. ...
Although it subscribes to the historic Creeds (the Nicene Creed and the Apostles Creed), considers the Bible to be divinely inspired, and holds the Eucharist or Lords Supper to be the central act of Christian worship, the Episcopal Church grants great latitude in interpretation of doctrine. ...
King Henry VIII founded the Church of England in the year 1534 because the Pope would not grant him a divorce with the right to re-marry. ... The Church of England separated itself from the Catholic Church under Henry VIII but it didnt actually become a new Protestant religion until the reign of his son, Edward VI. ...
On January 21, 1549, the first Act of Uniformity was passed imposing upon the whole realm of the Church Of England "The Book of the Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church after the Use of the Church of England". ...
For many years the Episcopal Church in the American colonies was still under the jurisdiction of the Bishop of London. ... Two-thirds of the signers were nominal members of the Church of England, but they did not want the colonies to be governed by bishops. The name Protestant Episcopal Church was chosen in 1785. In 1789 the first General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States was held in Philadelphia, PA with William White as the Presiding Bishop. ...
It is the custom upon entering church to kneel in ones pew for a prayer of personal preparation for worship. In many churches it is also the custom to bow to the altar on entering and leaving the church as an act of reverence for Christ. ... Episcopal churches are built in many architectural styles; but whether the church be small or large, elaborate or plain, your eye is carried to the altar, or holy table, and to the cross.
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