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 | | While the church is known as either the Anglican Church, the Church of England, or the Episcopal Church, depending on the region, all Anglican Christians are part of the wider Anglican family, unified under the leadership of the Archbishop of Canterbury in England. | | | The term "episcopal" is from the Greek term episkopos (episkopos), which literally means "bishop." Although the American Episcopal Church is very democratic in its government (meaning bishops, priests, and laity participate in the councils of the church), the term episcopal refers to a church that is governed by bishops. | | | The Episcopal Church in the United States of America has its origin in the Anglican Church or Church of England, which formed during the Reformation in the sixteenth century. |
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http://emmanuel.exis.net/Pages/episcopalian.html
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| | The Episcopal Church in the United States of America |
| | Member Churches have called for the 'excommunication' of the ECUSA from the global Communion because of this Bishop. | | | St Augustine of Canterbury established the see of Canterbury in the year 597 C.E. Originally the catholic church in England, following the infamous dispute between King Henry VIII and the reigning Pope, the Church became a national catholic church, the Church of England. | | | The Church of the Holy Cross Traditional Masses Sundays at 8 a.m. |
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http://www.angelfire.com/md/bobcannonjr/2.html
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| | ADDRESS OF HIS ALL HOLINESS THE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH BARTHOLOMEW |
| | The Holy Church of Constantinople -- the Church of dialogue -- remains faithful to the tradition and patristic teaching of the ancient, undivided Church. | | | Whenever the venerable Ecumenical Throne receives the heads of Churches as our honored guests, it is for us an occasion of great rejoicing, and all the more so when we receive a spiritual shepherd in whom we recognize so clearly the virtues of Faith, Hope, and Charity, as we do in your person. | | | We speak, of course, of the recent, considerable efforts that the Churches around the world have been undertaking to mend these divisions, efforts such as our ongoing theological dialogues that have lead to the signing of agreed statements on matters of faith and ecclesiastical practice. |
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http://www.friends-partners.org/partners/roc/corresp/address.htm
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America |
| | White, now rector of Christ Church, and a doctor of divinity, believed that if the Episcopal Church was ever to live and grow in America it must assent to, and adopt as far as possible, the principle of representative government. | | | In 1852 the Bishop of North Carolina, Dr. Ives, resigned his position in the Episcopal Church and submitted to the Apostolic See, and he was followed into the Catholic Church by a considerable number, both of clergymen and laymen. | | | They were indeed exceedingly High Churchmen, and had made such alterations in the liturgy as brought their doctrine of the Holy Eucharist very near to that of the Catholic Church. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12493a.htm
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| | ipedia.com: Anglican Communion Article |
| | The Anglican Communion is a world-wide organisation of Anglican Churches, and refers to all of the Christian churches that share the dogma and doctrine of the Church of England. | | | The ultimate head of any Anglican church is believed to be Jesus Christ, with his representative taken to be the Primate, head of the church at the national level; but Anglican primates acknowledge the leadership of the Archbishop of Canterbury as primus inter pares, or "first among equals". | | | There is no single "Anglican Church"; it is better to speak of the Anglican Communion, which consists of national churches in communion with the Church of England. |
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http://www.ipedia.com/anglican_communion.html
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| | IBM Buys Episcopal Church |
| | The Church is one of the most senior members of the international Anglican communion by way of its separation from the Church of England after the Revolutionary War and the consecration in 1784 of its first Bishop, Samuel Seabury. | | | The Episcopal Church was, for a long time, considered the most successful of the Protestant Churches in terms of wealth and power. | | | Notwithstanding the slogan, "The Episcopal Church Welcomes You," numbers have only recently begun to increase again as the Church begins to be seen as a place where outcasts can take part in its life. |
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http://www.qis.net/~jimjr/comp55.htm
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| | THE EPISCOPAL MISSIONARY CHURCH - INFO PAGE |
| | The Episcopal Missionary Church affirms the principles of the ancient Catholic Church, which we believe to be the fulfillment of Christian Faith and Order that we have received from Jesus Christ and His Apostles. | | | The Episcopal Missionary Church is a "missionary" Church in the sense that it is reaching out to traditional-minded Christians from all backgrounds who find that modernist reforms in their churches have left them without a place to practice their faith. | | | In an attempt to work within ECUSA to restore it to its Biblical and historical beliefs, the Episcopal Synod of America was formed to provide a voice for those not in agreement with breaking from the faith as it has been practiced for centuries. |
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http://www.emchome.org/holycross/emc_info.htm
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| | Bp Wantland Replies on the PECUSA, Inc. Matter |
| | The first was the fact that the National Church had begun to remove from the Church Constitution and the Book of Common Prayer all references to the old title "The Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America", and substituting instead the new name "The Episcopal Church". | | | In addition to clergy and laity leaving the Episcopal Church for the "Continuing Church", a number of clergy and laity have joined the Roman Catholic or Orthodox Churches. | | | Further, it shall exercise a stewardship in the Gospel to insure that there always remains in the United States a Church which "is a constituent member of the Anglican Communion. |
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http://theroadtoemmaus.org/RdLb/32Ang/Epis/WntlndECUSA.htm
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| | Present Crisis in the Episcopal Church - October 2003 :: Episcopal Bay Area :: Episcopal Diocese of California |
| | In those days we were always called "Episcopal Churches" because we professed the principles of the Church of England and we had a bishop, or an episcopal leader, in London. | | | The Church looks at heterosexuals who are in covenanted relationships where one of the partners is "sleeping around" occasionally and calls that sinful. | | | Once the Church decides not to murder them but to take a more moderate stand, then the issue is where to draw the line and still be loyal to the entirety of the Scripture. |
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http://www.diocal.org/article.php?sid=176&mode=thread&order=0
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| | The Text of The Presentment |
| | Episcopal Church in good standing and all are from the Diocese of | | | John's Parish and Christ Church, Accokeek, Maryland is a parish in | | | Diocese of Ft. Worth at the time of his call to Christ Church, Accokeek. |
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http://www.episcopalian.org/pbs1928/News/DixonPresentment.htm
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| | Bishop Ackerman said the issue of the homosexuality of Rev. Robinson was the catalyst that brought questions regarding the structure of the church to the forefront. | | | The delegates were prepared to vote on resolutions, drafted in mid-September, that would make the diocese independent of the U.S. Episcopal Church, be regarded as its own branch or combine it with other like-minded churches at a future date. | | | The communion's spiritual leader, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, called a special meeting of the worldwide church leaders after the U.S. church's decision in early August to confirm Rev. Robinson -- who has lived with his male partner for 13 years -- as bishop of the Diocese of New Hampshire. |
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http://www.qconline.com/archives/qco/sections.cgi?prcss=display&id=171791
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| | Calvary Files Complaint in the Court of Common Pleas |
| | Church and since 1956 a member of the congregation of St. Stephens Church in Sewickley. | | | Such exempt religious purposes shall be those determined by the Convention of the Church in the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh and the appropriate officers elected by it. | | | What united us, however, was the recognition that the consecration had occurred, and our conviction that the church should not split over the issue. |
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http://www.calvarypgh.org/litigation.html
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| | Biography: Consecration of Samuel Seabury, Bishop (14 Nov 1784) |
| | Accordingly, the monarchs and Parliament declared that thenceforth the official church in Scotland should be the Presbyterian Church. | | | He thus became part of the unbroken chain of bishops that links the Church today with the Church of the Apostles. | | | In return, he promised them that he would do his best to persuade the American Church to use as its Prayer of Consecration (blessing of the bread and wine at the Lord's Supper) the Scottish prayer, taken largely unchanged from the 1549 Prayer Book, rather than the much shorter one in use in England. |
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http://elvis.rowan.edu/~kilroy/JEK/11/14b.html
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| | On Episcopal Oversight |
| | The Historic Episcopate, locally adapted in the methods of its administration to the varying needs of the nations and peoples called of God into the unity of His Church. | | | That we believe that all who have been duly baptized with water, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, are members of the Holy Catholic Church; | | | That in all things human ordering or human choice, relating to modes of worship and discipline, or to traditional customs, this Church is ready in the spirit of love and humility to forego all preferences of her own; |
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http://www.stmichaelsbarrington.org/EpiscopalOversight.htm
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| | CONSTITUTION |
| | The members of the Diocese shall be all congregations in union with the Episcopal Church in the above-described area and shall be represented solely by the delegates to the Annual Convention of the Diocese. | | | He or she shall be an Elector of the church in this Diocese and shall be entitled, ex officio, to a seat and voice, without vote, in the Convention. | | | The Bishop shall appoint a Registrar of the Diocese. |
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http://www.dioceseswfla.org/manual/sectc.htm
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| | Episcopal Church |
| | The parish or local church is governed by a vestry, composed of the pastor and lay members elected by the congregation. | | | Each has a provincial synod made up of a house of bishops and a house of deputies. | | | For first references, use the Rev. before the name of a priest, Deacon before the name of a deacon. |
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http://www.stthomas.edu/jour/apstyle/Episcopal_Church.html
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| | Court Decision in Ci Jones Trial |
| | A sentence of Admonition is rendered moot in a situation in which there is no evidence of continuing sexual misconduct against the commission of which the Respondent would be admonished. | | | The Respondent shall be suspended from Holy Orders for a period of at least five years, the termination of which thereafter to be determined by the Presiding Bishop, pursuant to implementation of the followings terms and conditions. | | | Effective within sixty days of the pronouncement of Suspension, the Respondent shall present the Presiding Bishop with a plan and letter of intent to pay restitution to the Complainant within a reasonable period of time, in the amount of: a. |
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http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~lcrew/0103ci_jones.html
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| | In a book entitled A History Of The Episcopal Church the chapter about the Church's 1945 to 1965 years is aptly called "The Church Triumphant." | | | Because it had not occurred to many people to raise unseemly issues or to suggest significant changes, the Church seemed to be wonderfully united, at least to those of us in the pew. | | | We heard him pray for his disciples remaining in the world after his Ascension, that we may be one in purpose - as God and Jesus are one. |
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http://www.philosophy-religion.org/reflections/easter7b.htm
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| | The Southern Episcopal Church |
| | We continue the faith and practice of the Episcopal Church that was established in this country when the country was first founded. | | | We are not seeking to change the apostles' doctrine and we don't want to be a part of the new-age movement which puts men and self before our commitment to love God and our fellow man. We believe the Holy Bible to be the full inspired truth of God for all men for all times. | | | We are traditional Episcopalians, seeking only to be what the Church was called to be. |
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http://www.angelfire.com/biz/Southern
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| | Chicago Diocese -- The History of the Episcopal Shield |
| | The colors red, white and blue symbolize, respectfully, the sacrifice of Christ and Christian martyrs, the purity of the Christian faith, and the humanity of Christ received from the Virgin Mary. | | | The outline of the miniature crosses is in the form of St. Andrew's Cross in tribute to the Scottish church's role in ordaining the first American bishop, Samuel Seabury, in 1784. | | | The red cross on a white field is the St. George Cross, an indicator of our link to the Church of England, the mother church of the Anglican Communion. |
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http://www.epischicago.org/Faith/AboutEpisShield.cfm
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| | A statement from the Rt |
| | Their members believe the Episcopal Church USA has chosen a path that no longer reflects this steadfast faith.” Although the statements issued by the two parishes did not describe the specifics of their dissatisfaction, I am sure that it is in some way related to the moves that the General Convention has recently taken. | | | An e-mail press release sent by the two parishes within an hour after the priests and wardens delivered their letters stated, “St. James and All Saints’ are loyal to the historic teachings of Christianity, observed by the mainstream of the Anglican Communion. | | | At the time, their spokesman, the Rev. William Thompson, said there was no need for that at this time, and they were looking forward to my visitation to their church. |
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http://www.ladiocese.org/08172004Bruno.htm
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| | Bishop Wantland's Attempted Coup d'Etat |
| | Wantland co-founded the Episcopal Synod of America (ESA) in 1989, opposing the ordination of women as priests and bishops. | | | This past July, the ESA issued a statement after General Convention in Philadelphia stating, "It has become clear to us that the Episcopal Synod of America must more fully and thoroughly continue in its mission to `be the Church,' proclaiming the gospel and shepherding the faithful. | | | According to documents obtained by the presiding bishop's office, a group of conservative bishops created a non-profit organization in 1996, using a variation on the corporate name of the Episcopal Church. |
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http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~lcrew/coup02.html
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| | VirtueOnline-News - As Eye See It - Ft. Worth Via Media "Dismayed at Bishop Iker's Decision" |
| | The head of the Church is God, Fr_Steve, and ECUSA has distanced herself from her Bridegroom. | | | In the large majority of the other dioceses of ECUSA where there is no threat of schism, where they live in the spirit of via media, they do not have organizations named Via Media to remind them that the Episcopal Church is an inclusive church. | | | The discussions were aimed on how to maintain the continuity of the Episcopal Church in those dioceses where the bishop and diocesan leadership abandon the Church. |
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http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=3179
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| | Resolutions Submitted to the Special Convention on November 15 |
| | The current purpose of ECUSA seems to be the inclusion of as many people as possible at the cost of marginalizing the Biblical Good News of God in Christ. | | | WHEREAS, The health and course of the Church is not dependent on the actions of the Presiding Bishop alone, but on the corporate response to God by the whole of the Church; and | | | If the Church needs to be reformed, it should be from within and not from without. |
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http://www.coos.org/Resolutions11-15submitted.htm
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| | I want to clarify the recent report in the Anglican Journal that stated that I was going to be disciplined |
| | My view is that a moral and spiritual response should always outweigh a bureaucratic response, particularly if it is intended to support a man who is trying to live faithfully according to Scripture, the teaching of the Anglican Communion, and his ordination vows. | | | Since he was no longer a priest within the Diocese of Wyoming or ECUSA, I saw no canonical reason to prevent me from issuing him a licence for special ministry from the Diocese of Caledonia, as an expression of my support and care for him as a minister of the gospel. | | | The story of the priest in question came to my attention several months ago. |
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http://www.caledonia.anglican.org/PastoralLetMar2004.htm
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| | The Living Church Foundation |
| | Bishop Stanton then outlined to the convention the canonical steps taken to call the special convention, and then noted two preparatory meetings held in the diocese to educate the Church about the meaning and impact of the report. | | | Support the Ministry of The Living Church Foundation | | | To find more news, feature articles, and commentary not available online, we invite you to subscribe to The Living Church magazine. |
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http://www.livingchurch.org/publishertlc/viewarticle.asp?ID=1009
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| | Christ the King Episcopal Church |
| | By taking the step of planting our feet both firmly in ECUSA and the ACN we are asking all our members to be willing to live with the uncomfortable messiness inherent in being a largely conservative congregation in an overwhelmingly liberal diocese. | | | Be it further resolved, that we will seek to be a voice for reconciliation both within the Anglican Communion Network and the Episcopal Church USA, striving therefore to uphold the unity of the faith. | | | We recognize that there is a vast diversity of opinion at Christ the King ranging from enthusiastic proponents to passionate opponents with many members not feeling strongly one way or another. |
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http://www.ctksb.org/aboutus/acn.htm
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| | What Can I Do? |
| | While we pray this does not happen, if Bishop Iker and others choose to leave the Episcopal Church of the USA, there may be legal battles over ownership of property. | | | Note: The “dfms” in the address stands for “Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society,” one of the official names of the Episcopal Church. | | | You can pray for the unity of the church. |
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http://www.fwviamedia.org/help.html
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| | The Ordinances of Province II |
| | There shall be one Bishop having jurisdiction within this Province, three Presbyters canonically resident in one or the other of the Dioceses, and three lay communicants of this Church, two of whom shall be persons learned in the law, having domicile in the Province. | | | After any person shall have served six consecutive years on the Executive Council, a period of three years shall elapse before such person shall be eligible for re-election to the Council. | | | (a) The House of Bishops shall consist of every Bishop of this Church having jurisdiction within the Province, every Bishop Coadjutor, Suffragan Bishop and Assistant Bishop, and every Bishop whose episcopal work has been within the Province, but who by reason of advanced age or bodily infirmity has resigned. |
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http://www.province2.org/ordinanc.html
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| | Saint James Episcopal Church Capitol Hill :: An Anglo-Catholic Episcopal Church in Washington, DC |
| | As you know, the whole Episcopal Church has been called by the General Convention into a common spiritual renewal exercise by cultivating four Holy Habits: Tithing, Prayer, Study and Sabbath. | | | It was a rare and edifying experience to hear two different perspectives on the Body of Christ, both historically and contemporarily, and to have participation in the discussion by the congregation. | | | According to the Columbia Encyclopedia, Trinity Sunday was an innovation in medieval England and spread through the Western Church in the 14th cent. |
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http://www.saintjameschurch.org
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| | Home |
| | The Church of The Epiphany serves the Western Minneapolis suburbs. | | | We are a Christian community following the Episcopal / Anglican | | | Episcopal Church in the United States of America. |
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http://www.epiphany-episcopal.org
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| | Episcopal Diocese of Southeast Florida |
| | Throughout the week, great concern has been expressed at this convention for the persecution of the Anglican Church in the Sudan, and for the sufferings of the Sudanese people. | | | Manny said stewardship education means helping people to find ways to "have the Lord in their hearts". | | | The House of Deputies also took time today for another important item: To applaud Cn. |
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http://diosef.org/denver/gc7_8.htm
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| | Episcopal Diocese of Western Kansas |
| | And while we are not big, we are a place where many find a way to experience Jesus Christ in a spiritual and sacramental way not found in other churches who proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. | | | Our faith is based in what we found to be the essential parts of both the catholic and protestant expressions of Christianity. | | | We invite you to attend any of our congregations this Sunday to experience our faith and practice. |
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http://www.westernkansas.org
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| | The Episcopal Church Welcomes You |
| | Episcopal Church Center 815 Second Avenue New York, NY 10017 | | | "...but the best way," newcomers are told, "to find out who we are is to join us for a worship service on Sunday morning." In case that sounds daunting, the Episcopal Worship page offers an excellent introduction to Anglican liturgy and Joining St. George's breaks down the process of becoming part of this community. | | | George's Story spins a tale of a church "founded on the boundless enthusiasm" of Bishop John Hines (our 22nd Presiding Bishop) who "arranged for the purchase and relocation (under the cover of night, in a dash across the main runway of Austin's airport) of a surplus army chapel... |
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http://ecusa.anglican.org
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| | St Ann's Episcopal Church, Bridgehampton, New York |
| | St. Ann's is one of 165 parishes within the Diocese of Long Island, and draws its congregation primarily from the hamlets of Bridgehampton, Sagaponack, Water Mill and Wainscott, and the village of Sag Harbor. | | | WEATHER RADAR 8.20 P.M. Welcome to the internet home of St. Ann's Episcopal Church, Bridgehampton. | | | We are part of the Episcopal Church of the United States of America, and the World-wide Anglican Communion. |
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http://stannschurch.tripod.com
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| | United Episcopal Church of NA |
| | Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches. | | | © 2002-2006 The United Episcopal Church of North America. | | | Who is weak, and I am not weak? |
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| | Canterbury Irvine/Bylaws |
| | IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 11th day of June in the year of our Lord 1986. | | | (3) The Chaplain in the Episcopal Church of the United States of America to the University of California at Irvine, as designated by the Bishop of the Diocese of Los Angeles. | | | The Constitution and Canons of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America and the Constitution and Canons of the said Church in the Diocese of Los Angeles, now or hereafter in effect, are incorporated, by reference, in these Bylaws, as a basic and essential part hereof. |
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| | FindLaw for Legal Professionals - Case Law, Federal and State Resources, Forms, and Code |
| | of the P. Church fifteen thousand five hundred seventy-seven 54/100 dollars. | | | But it is not perceived that such a state of facts disabled the society from having the advantage of showing that money to an equal amount was appropriated and applied by them, out of their general account, to the purposes appointed by the testator. | | | To demand that such a society should make special deposits of legacies received, so as to be able to trace the application of such deposits into the hands of beneficiaries in the same form as when received, would be in the highest degree unreasonable. |
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http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=180&invol=284
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| | St James Episcopal Church - Mooresville, NC (Welcome) |
| | St James Episcopal Church - Mooresville, NC (Welcome) | | | Welcome to Saint James, a congregation of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America (the Episcopal Church) serving Mooresville, North Carolina. | | | If you have questions call (704) 664-7115 during the listed office hours or eMail Mike at |
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| | The Episcopal Church in the Philippines |
| | The Episcopal Church in the Philippines, ECP, began as a Missionary district of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. | | | Seal of the Episcopal Church in the Philippines | | | The AC is composed of those duly constituted national churches worldwide, independent from each other, but, are in communion with the historic See of Canterbury, in England. |
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http://www.geocities.com/maochiph/Episcopal_Church_Phils.html
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| | CANON 14 |
| | The Bishop shall appoint the Church Attorney from such nominees, with the consent of the Standing Committee. | | | Each year the Ecclesiastical Trial Court shall nominate to the Bishop one or more persons to serve as the Church Attorney. | | | The provisions of Title IV, Canon 3 of the Constitution and Canons for the Government of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, as they may be amended from time to time, are adopted by reference for any Presentment to the Ecclesiastical Trial Court of any charge against a Priest or Deacon. |
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| | Calvary Episcopal Church - Wilmington Delaware |
| | Episcopal Church of the United States of America and the Diocese of Delaware. | | | or other services, please contact the church office or the Rector. | | | If you have any question, please let us know. |
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