Understanding The Episcopal Church

 

I. HISTORY
Ancient
    Jesus Christ (d. ca. A.D. 27)
    Roman Empire in Britain (55 B.C.-A.D. 410)
Medieval
    St. Augustine of Kent (ca. A.D. 600)
    Council of Whitby (664)
    England (9th Century)
Reformation
    King Henry VIII (r.1509-1547), annulment, Act of Supremacy (1534)
        The Anglican Church/The Church of England
    Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer (b.1489-d.1556)
         Book of Common Prayer (1549)
    Queen Elizabeth I (r.1558-1603)
    King James Bible/Authorized Version (1611)
Modern
    Jamestown (1607)
    Philadelphia General Convention (1789)
        The Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America
    “Ritualist” Controversy (1840s-1900)
    Chicago-Lambeth Quadrilateral (1888): Anglican Communion
    The Social Gospel (1870s-)

II. STRUCTURE
“One Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church” (Nicene Creed)
via media
Scripture-Tradition-Reason
National Church
    Diocesan churches, cathedrals, parish churches
        Ordained ministers: bishops-priests-deacons
        Lay ministers

III. LITURGY & THEOLOGY
Book of Common Prayer (1979)
    lex orandi est lex credendi
Seasons of the Church Year: Feast days, Sundays, Holy Days
  Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Holy Week, Easter, Pentecost
Sacraments
    Baptism
    Holy Eucharist

Last Updated: 2016 September 7
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