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Episcopal Church

Episcopal Church. Compromise & Cooperation. A History of the Episcopal Church by the Rev. Dr. Robert Prichard. The Colonial Church. War of Independence: What’s in a name?. Anglican. Episcopal. From “Angles” Later known as “Anglo-Saxon” Becomes synonymous with “English”

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Episcopal Church

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  1. Episcopal Church Compromise & Cooperation

  2. A History of the Episcopal Churchby the Rev. Dr. Robert Prichard

  3. The Colonial Church

  4. War of Independence:What’s in a name? Anglican Episcopal • From “Angles” • Later known as “Anglo-Saxon” • Becomes synonymous with “English” • Issues with Revolutionary War • From Greek word ἐπίσκοπον • 1 Timothy, Titus, 1 Peter • Episcopal churches around the world: Scotland, Philippines, Jerusalem & Middle East, Cuba

  5. War of Independence:Book of Common Prayer • “We beseech thee also to save and defend all Christian kings, princes, and governours; and specially thy servant Charles, our King, that under him we may be godly and quietly governed…

  6. War of Independence:American Bishops • Confirmations? • Ordinations? • Samuel Seabury consecrated November 14, 1784

  7. Foreign Missions • The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society

  8. Foreign Missions First foreign mission of the Episcopal Church Christ Church, Matagorda - 1838

  9. Civil War • Two countries – two churches • Virginia Theological Seminary • Union hospital, burial ground, and graffiti

  10. Civil War • General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America • General Council of the Confederate States of America • …that we may "be kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another even as we hope that God, for Christ's sake, hath forgiven us“… • Presiding Bishop Charles McIlvaneOctober 17, 1862

  11. Civil War:Controversial Bishops? The Rt. Rev. V. Gene Robinson The Rt. Rev. Leonidas Polk

  12. Civil War:Reunification • Methodists - 1939 • Presbyterians – 1983 • Baptists – Still divided • Episcopal Church - 1865

  13. 20th Century Fundamentalists Modernists • Creeds • Hospitals • Science • Suspicion of doctors and medicine • Doctrinal tests • Cooperation with modern hospitals • “I believe”? - Credo

  14. The 1960s • Civil Rights • Vietnam War • Prayer Book revision • Women’s Ordination

  15. 21st Century • Sexuality • Money • Greenfields

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