|
Episcopal Church (other)
Episcopal Church may refer to various churches in the Anglican, Methodist and Open Episcopal traditions. An episcopal church has bishops in its organisational structure (see episcopal polity). Episcopalian is a synonym for Anglican in Scotland, the United States and several other locations. Anglicanism Anglican Communion * Episcopal Church (United States) in the United States, Honduras, Taiwan, Colombia, Ecuador, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, the British Virgin Islands and parts of Europe * Scottish Episcopal Church * Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil (Brazil) * Iglesia Episcopal de Cuba * Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East * Episcopal Church in the Philippines * Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church * Episcopal Church of the Sudan * Episcopal Church of Taiwan Continuing Anglican Movement * Anglican Episcopal Church, U.S. * Episcopal Missionary Church, U.S. * Traditional Protestant Episcopal Church, U.S. * Southern Episcopal Church, U.S. * Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglicanism
Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of the largest branches of Christianity, with around 110 million adherents worldwide . Adherents of Anglicanism are called ''Anglicans''; they are also called ''Episcopalians'' in some countries. The majority of Anglicans are members of national or regional ecclesiastical provinces of the international Anglican Communion, which forms the third-largest Christian communion in the world, after the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. These provinces are in full communion with the See of Canterbury and thus with the Archbishop of Canterbury, whom the communion refers to as its '' primus inter pares'' (Latin, 'first among equals'). The Archbishop calls the decennial Lambeth Conference, chairs the meeting of primates, and is the pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
