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- noun Plural form of
Episcopal Church .
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Bishop Jack Iker last year led the majority of Episcopal Churches in the Fort Worth Episcopal diocese out of the Episcopal Church, aligning instead with a conservative, Argentina-based province of the Anglican Communion.
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On December 17, nine Episcopal churches in Virginia announced an overwhelming vote by their parishioners to cut their ties with the Episcopal Church.
Archive 2007-01-01 2007
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As many as eight conservative Episcopal churches in Virginia are expected to announce today that their parishioners have voted to cut their ties with the Episcopal Church.
A Church In Crisis 2006
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Bishop Meade, in his history of the Episcopal Churches in Virginia, mentions Benn's
The Dismal Swamp and Lake Drummond, Early recollections Vivid portrayal of Amusing Scenes Robert Arnold
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Lay delegates not exceeding four (4) in number shall be elected by the respective Episcopal Churches in union with this Council, from among the members of those churches respectively, to represent them in Council; the delegates to be elected in such manner and time as each church shall deem proper, to serve for one stated Council.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Seventy-fifth Annual Council of the Protestant Episcopal Church in South Carolina, Held in the Church of the Advent, Spartanburg, on the 11th and 12th of May, 1864. With Lists of the Clergy and Parishes, The Parochial Reports, the Constitution, Canons, and Rules of Order, and the Standing Resolutions; Also, the Form for the Incorporation of Churches, etc. Episcopal Church. Diocese of South Carolina 1864
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-- Lay-Delegates not exceeding four (4) in number, shall be elected by the respective Episcopal Churches, in union with this Convention, from among the members of those Churches respectively to represent them in Convention; the Delegates to be elected in such manner and time, as each Church shall deem proper, to serve for one stated Convention.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Seventy-Third Annual Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in South-Carolina, Held in Grace Church, Charleston, on the 12th 13th 14th February, 1862. With Lists of the Clergy and Parishes, the Parochial Reports, the Constitution Canons and Rules of Order, and the Standing Resolutions Episcopal Church. Diocese of South Carolina 1862
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-- Lay-Delegates not exceeding four (4) in number, shall be elected by the respective Episcopal Churches, in union with this Convention, from among the members of those Churches respectively to represent them in Convention; the Delegates to be elected in such manner and time, as each Church shall deem proper, to serve for one stated Convention.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Seventy-Second Annual Convention of The Protestant Episcopal Church in South Carolina, Held in Trinity Church, Abbeville, on the 19th and 20th of June, 1861. With Lists of the Clergy and Parishes, The Parochial Reports, the Constitution, Canons and Rules of Order, and the Standing Resolutions Episcopal Church. Diocese of South Carolina 1861
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The Episcopal Church in the US is then highlighted as an offender of the proposed moratorium, but the Episcopal Church has very regional politics (for example, the bishop of the Southwestern Archdiocese has strongly condemned past blessings of homosexual clergy along with a fair portion of Episcopal churches and churchgoers across the US, whereas California is, unsurprisingly, progressive).
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The Episcopal Church in the US is then highlighted as an offender of the proposed moratorium, but the Episcopal Church has very regional politics (for example, the bishop of the Southwestern Archdiocese has strongly condemned past blessings of homosexual clergy along with a fair portion of Episcopal churches and churchgoers across the US, whereas California is, unsurprisingly, progressive).
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The Episcopal Church in the US is then highlighted as an offender of the proposed moratorium, but the Episcopal Church has very regional politics (for example, the bishop of the Southwestern Archdiocese has strongly condemned past blessings of homosexual clergy along with a fair portion of Episcopal churches and churchgoers across the US, whereas California is, unsurprisingly, progressive).
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