Episcopal Church in America

noun

1. the church in the U.S. that inherited the doctrine, discipline, and forms of worship of the Church of England, from which it became an independent body within the Anglican communion: known before 1976 as the Protestant Episcopal Church.

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Bishop Frank T. Griswold III, who as the chief primate and pastor of the Episcopal Church in America defied a threatened schism in 2003 by presiding — in a bulletproof vest — at the ordination of the denomination’s first openly gay bishop, died on March 5 in Philadelphia.

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However, those palace insiders are now alleging that a christening across the pond was "highly unlikely" and the couple will instead christen their daughter at the Episcopal Church in America.

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Bishop Michael Curry is not only the first African-American leader of the Episcopal church in America, he is also a man who has come close to splitting the Anglican communion by insisting on blessing same-sex marriages.

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Ever since the liberal Episcopal Church in America consecrated Canon Gene Robinson - a divorced man in a gay relationship - as bishop of New Hampshire in November 2003, sniping within the Communion has intensified.

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At one end of the spectrum, the Episcopal church in America has consecrated an openly lesbian bishop; at the other end, African bishops have supported harsh anti-gay laws.

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