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Protestant Episcopal Church: see Episcopal Church Episcopal Church, Anglican church of the United States. Its separate existence as an American ecclesiastical body with its own episcopate began in 1789.
Doctrine and Organization..... Click the link for more information. . Episcopal Church, USAalso called Episcopal Church in the United States of America or Protestant Episcopal ChurchDescendant of the Church of England in the U.S. Part of the Anglican Communion, it was formally organized in 1789 as the successor of the Church of England in the former British colonies. The church accepts both the Apostles' Creed and the Nicene Creed, as well as a modified version of the Thirty-nine Articles of the Church of England. The highest authority in the church is the General Convention, which is headed by the presiding bishop (elected by the House of Bishops). The Reformed Episcopal Church broke away from the main body in 1873. The church accepted the ordination of women in 1976. In 1988 the church elected its first woman bishop, and in 2003 an openly gay man was consecrated bishop of New Hampshire. These steps generated controversy within the church as well as among other churches of the Anglican Communion. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The three churches cited differences in doctrinal issues and the election of an openly gay bishop in New Hampshire as the impetus to bolt from Protestant Episcopal Church USA and affiliate with an Anglican Diocese in Uganda. Levien & Company has been selected by the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the USA to serve as the project manager for the major renovation of the Episcopal Church Center at 815 Second Avenue, announces Kenneth Levien, AIA, the firm's president. As a mainline denomination, the Protestant Episcopal Church has long taken a more liberal and conciliatory--if not unabashedly supportive--approach to gay rights than its Pentecostal counterparts. |
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