Is the Church of England and Episcopal or Episcopalian the same?
The Church of England is sometimes referred to as the Anglican Church and is part of the Anglican Communion, which contains sects such as the Protestant Episcopal Church. The Archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury. The current archbishop is Justin Welby, who was enthroned at Canterbury Cathedral on 21 March 2013.Enjoy a very popular psalm song by Susan Boyle
There isn’t just the Episcopal Church USA. There are also the Scottish Episcopal Church and the Episcopal Church in the Philippines.[1] (The latter branched off from the Episcopal Church USA in 1990, the former gave the Episcopal Church USA its first bishop, its name, and its rite of ordination.) The Episcopal Church USA, the Scottish Episcopal Church, and the Episcopal Church in the Philippines are all members of the worldwide Anglican Communion, meaning they are in communion with about 70 million Anglicans worldwide. If an American Episcopalian is traveling or living abroad, they can be in any local Anglican parish in that country — whether it is the Church of England, the Anglican Church of Australia, or the Nippon Seikōkai (the Anglican Episcopal Church of Japan), or any of the other Anglican national churches worldwide.
Below, enjoy some nice Christian Rap, OK?
Even then, the Episcopal Church USA is not just in the USA — in fact it’s unique among Anglican churches in how many countries it has dioceses in. It has dioceses in Latin America,[2] Taiwan,[3] Micronesia,[4] and the Caribbean, and has a convocation of parishes in Europe.[5] There is even an Episcopal Diocese of Cuba.[6] In fact, the largest Episcopal diocese is the Diocese of Haiti,[7] and the Episcopal Church has a lovely cathedral in Paris.[8]
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