The Episcopal Church in the United States
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Prior to the mid-1780s, the religious community called the Episcopal Church in the United States or the Protestant Episcopal Church was known as the Church of England. Following the war for independence, however, Anglican leaders in the new nation reorganized this religious body, and the Protestant Episcopal Church became the selfgoverning American branch of the Anglican communion. The preface to the Episcopalian Book of Common Prayer clearly identifies the relationship of the two religious communities: “This Church is far from intending to depart from the Church of England in any essential point of doctrine, discipline, or worship; or further than local circumstances require.”
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