<![CDATA[Episcopal]]>The root of the word is overseer. It refers to a Bishop. It also refers to the Christian denomination, the [Episcopal Church] in the United States of America, which is part of the worldwide [Anglican] Church with its origins in the Church of England. (In Canada, it is the Anglican Church, in England it is the Church of England, in [Scottland] it is the Episcopal Church.) It began when Henry VIII broke off the church in England with the Roman Catholic Church (the Pope in Rome) and declared that the Church of England would be ruled from England, not Rome.

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/topic/112350/episcopalRSS for NodeSun, 14 Jun 2026 12:55:50 GMTSun, 23 Jun 2019 04:02:54 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Episcopal on Sun, 26 Jan 2020 05:03:20 GMT]]>Catholics without the whole [devotion] to [God thing]

Catholic [lite] is a good description

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/250262https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/250262Sun, 26 Jan 2020 05:03:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Episcopal on Thu, 08 Oct 2020 16:55:03 GMT]]>Refers to the [Episcopal Church], an organization of [agnostics] and former Catholics who like to take [coffee and donuts] after their Sunday meetings. Assuming theyre not out playing golf.

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/237162https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/237162Thu, 08 Oct 2020 16:55:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Episcopal on Thu, 08 Oct 2020 16:55:02 GMT]]>Edit to definition 4: Refers to the [Episcopal Church], an organization of [agnostics] and former Catholics who like to have wine and little [wafers] at their Sunday meeting.

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/237161https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/237161Thu, 08 Oct 2020 16:55:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Episcopal on Tue, 26 Jan 2021 04:34:02 GMT]]>Of a bishop or bishops.

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/236839https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/236839Tue, 26 Jan 2021 04:34:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Episcopal on Thu, 31 Oct 2019 07:02:00 GMT]]>Like Catholics but without the crap. And yes we like our coffee and our [donuts]. We are also extremely afraid of change. We [ordain] women and let [the gays] marry and thats why were cool.

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/236836https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/236836Thu, 31 Oct 2019 07:02:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Episcopal on Tue, 29 Sep 2020 03:55:08 GMT]]>Most commonly used to refer to the [Episcopal Church] or the Protestant Church in the United States of America. It is the National Church of the United States and a part of the [Anglican] Communion. The Episcopal Church has a membership of approximately 2.3 million and more than a quarter of all Presidents were [Episcopalian]. The Washington National Cathedral is an Episcopal Cathedral. The roots of the colonization, founding, leadership, and growth of the United States of America are very closely tied to the Episcopal Church.
Unlike many churches of similar [liturgical] background, the Episcopal Church allows ordained priests to be married, and the church ordains women (at every level, ie. Deacon, Priest, and Bishop).
Many consider the Episcopal Church to follow the via media or middle way between Protestant and strictly Catholic practices. Indeed, the Episcopal [liturgy] explicitly affirms belief in one holy [apostolic] church. Thus, many Episcopalians will argue that Roman Catholics are not the only Catholics, but rather represent one of three branches of Catholicism--the [Eastern Orthodox], the Roman Catholic, and the Episcopal or [Anglo-Catholic]. Episcopal liturgy, or the practice of the people in worship, does resemble that of the Roman Catholic Church, with certain differences, most notably the use of the Book of Common Prayer. -wikipedia
The Episcopal Church is highly involved in mission work around the world, has a particularly large number of congregants in Africa, where the church raises money to fight poverty, disease, and oppression.
The three tenets of the Anglican church, which have carried on into the Episcopal Church are Scripture, tradition, and reason, thus showing that the church is based strongly on the idea of being an informed, thinking participant in ones faith.

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