The Orthodox Anglican Communion (OAC) is a
communion of churches established in 1964
or 1967, by
James Parker Dees
James Parker Dees was an American bishop. He was the founder and first bishop of the Orthodox Anglican Church and the Orthodox Anglican Communion.
He was ordained as a deacon in the Episcopal Church on June 29, 1949; and as a priest by Thomas ...
.
The AOC was formed outside of the
See of Canterbury; the OAC is not part of the
Anglican Communion.
The Anglican Orthodox Communion adheres to the doctrine, discipline and worship contained in the
1662 ''Book of Common Prayer'' and the 1562 ''
Articles of Religion''.
The OAC was created as a conservative alternative to the mainstream Anglican Communion.
The
presiding bishop of the Orthodox Anglican Church serves as
metropolitan
Metropolitan may refer to:
* Metropolitan area, a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its less-populated surrounding territories
* Metropolitan borough, a form of local government district in England
* Metropolitan county, a typ ...
of the OAC.
The OAC claims to have "over one million
lay members".
Orthodox Anglican Church
The Orthodox Anglican Church is a member of the Orthodox Anglican Communion.
It was founded as the Anglican Orthodox Church in 1963 or 1964 by
James Parker Dees
James Parker Dees was an American bishop. He was the founder and first bishop of the Orthodox Anglican Church and the Orthodox Anglican Communion.
He was ordained as a deacon in the Episcopal Church on June 29, 1949; and as a priest by Thomas ...
, in
Statesville, North Carolina.
James Parker Dees died in 1990. Dees was succeeded as leader by
George Schneller; Schneller resigned soon after due to illnesses. The leader thus became
Robert J. Godfrey. In 2000, Godfrey resigned;
Scott McLaughlin succeeded him as leader.
McLaughlin was followed by
Creighton Jones
T. Creighton Jones was the Presiding Bishop of the Orthodox Anglican Church and Metropolitan Archbishop of the Orthodox Anglican Communion. His apostolic succession is Anglican, Old Catholic, and Orthodox. .
Thomas Gordon is the current leader.
In 1999, the group changed its name to ''Episcopal Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of America''. It then changed it to ''Orthodox Anglican Church'' in 2005.
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The organisation "champions the
1928 ''Book of Common Prayer'', emphasizes Christian
orthodoxy
Orthodoxy (from Greek: ) is adherence to correct or accepted creeds, especially in religion.
Orthodoxy within Christianity refers to acceptance of the doctrines defined by various creeds and ecumenical councils in Antiquity, but different Churc ...
, and insists on high
moral standards
Morality () is the differentiation of intentions, decisions and actions between those that are distinguished as proper (right) and those that are improper (wrong). Morality can be a body of standards or principles derived from a code of cond ...
".
Godfrey and McLaughlin were signatories to the
Bartonville Agreement in 1999. In 2007, McLaughlin signed a Covenant of
Intercommunion
Full communion is a communion or relationship of full agreement among different Christian denominations that share certain essential principles of Christian theology. Views vary among denominations on exactly what constitutes full communion, but ...
between the Orthodox Anglican Church and the , represented by the Most Revd Augustin Bacinsky.
[A Covenant Between The Old Catholic Church In Slovakia and the Orthodox Anglican Church](_blank)
April 25, 2007.
See also
*
Traditional Anglican Church
The Traditional Anglican Church (TAC), formerly the Traditional Anglican Communion, is an international church consisting of national provinces in the continuing Anglican movement, independent of the Anglican Communion and the Archbishop of Cant ...
References
External links
Official website
Continuing Anglican denominations
Christian organizations established in 1967
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