Episcopal

 The Episcopal Church ﻿Sarah Foster & Spencer Olson

The Episcopal Church, originally called the Angelican Community
 * ﻿The History of the Episcopal Church **

The Origin of this Church, dates back to the reign of King Henry VIII. During his reign he began having issues between him and his first wife Catherine of Aragon who could not produce a male heir. Becoming weary of her, he became engaged in a affair with the beautiful Anne Bolyen. After courting Anne for some time he became extremely infatuated with her and wanted to marry her, but there was one major thing in the way : Catherine. However when he went to get his marriage annulled by the Pope Clement he was refused. - S/N : Pope Clement VII born November 19 1523 assassinated September 25 1534 , -Pope after Pope Leo - He was a peaceful man, who was a diplomat, and was very good at handling politics. Pope Clement was a Henry pleaded with the Pope, producing multiple evidences that the marriage between him and his first wife was not legit, but still the Pope refused claiming that a Pope cannot annul a marriage (Cannon Law - which is the legal code for Catholics). There were other reason why the Pope refused to annul the wedding, such as upsetting the Queens cousin, Charles who was very powerful, and who led troops throughout Rome, completely annihilating it. Henry would not be refused, so he banned together with a group of powerful clergy and lawyers, and on January 24, 1531, Church of England (Angelican) was born. The Episcopal Church, is the Angelican community in the United States (Honduras, Taiwan, Columbia, Ecuadar, Haiti, and the Domenican Republic), was brought over in 1604 (first parish located in virginia). They actually were actually forced to go under a different name because of the American Revolution when the English Clergies were forced to take sides. Differences from others: The King was at the head of the church in England Everything was decided based upon what he wanted The King could hand out pardons to anyone who followed him Also in today's culture <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Th Episcopal church is one of the first churches to accepted gays, and lesbians <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">- Also they do not speak against abortion

<span style="direction: ltr; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; language: en-US; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; punctuationwrap: hanging; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;">The Episcopal Church is a part of the Anglican Communion and currently has about sixty million members: two million of whom live in the United States and about one point seven million of whom are a part of the Church of England. Each church, which goes by province, has Bishops. The Bishops are in charge of taking care of the Church.


 * <span style="color: #e90c1e; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">﻿ The Beliefs of the Episcopal Church **
 * <span style="color: #131111; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Believe that the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be in the word of God and that they contain all of the necessary things for salvation.
 * <span style="color: #131111; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Believe that the Bible is a source of belief for all moral doings and ways.
 * <span style="color: #131111; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">The Bible is the prominent part of worship.
 * <span style="color: #131111; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">80% of the Book of Common Prayer is taken from the Bible.
 * <span style="color: #131111; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Apply the teachings that you take away from the Church to daily lives.
 * <span style="color: #131111; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Believe that they are both Catholic and Protestant.
 * <span style="color: #131111; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">CATHOLIC because they share beliefs of the early undivided Catholic Church à the Church practices traditions through sacraments and rituals.
 * <span style="color: #131111; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">PROTESTANT because they are saved by God’s grace and not by their own works and for each member to arrive at reasoned faith by using Scriptures and traditions.
 * <span style="color: #131111; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Believe that the Book of Common Prayer is the prayer book of the Episcopal Church.
 * <span style="color: #131111; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Believe that the Book of Common Prayer contains format for conducting services.
 * <span style="color: #131111; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Believe that they have both plain and splendid worships à they worship the Lord in both private and community à worship with scriptures, sacraments and prayers. (together)
 * <span style="color: #131111; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">STAND à praising the Lord
 * <span style="color: #131111; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">STAND KNEEL à prayer
 * <span style="color: #131111; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">SIT during instruction.
 * <span style="color: #131111; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Believe that God’s love and grace are the possession of all people.
 * <span style="color: #131111; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Believe that God’s love and grace are best expressed through Christ’s body, the Church and that because of this both the young and old can be apart of the Episcopal community.
 * <span style="color: #131111; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Two GREAT Sacraments.
 * <span style="color: #131111; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">ONE is that Holy baptism is administered once to each person either in their infancy or later in life.
 * <span style="color: #131111; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">TWO is the Holy Eucharist (sacrament and sacrifice)

<span style="color: #e31616; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> There are currently 38 churches that believe in the Anglican communion. <span style="color: #e31616; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> Below is the list of all the churches that have faith and believe by the ways of the Episcopal Church. <span style="color: #1b1313; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">List of Churches of the Anglican Communion Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia Anglican Church of Australia Anglican Church of Canada Anglican Church of Kenya Anglican Church of Korea Anglican Church of Mexico Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea Anglican Church of the Region of Central America Anglican Church of the Province of the Southern Cone (South America) Church in Wales Church of England Church of Ireland Church of Nigeria Church of North India Church of South India Church of Uganda Church of the Province of Burundi Church of the Province of Central Africa Church of the Province of Melanesia Church of the Province of Myanmar Church of the Province of Rwanda Church of the Province of South East Asia Church of the Province of Southern Africa Church of the Province of Tanzania Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean Church of the Province of the West Indies Church of the Province of West Africa Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East Episcopal Church in the United States of America Episcopal Church of Brazil Episcopal Church of Cuba Episcopal Church of the Sudan Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Lusitanian Church of Portugal Nippon Sei Ko Kai (Japan) Philippine Episcopal Church Scottish Episcopal Church Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church

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