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A devoted Episcopalian, Dr. Goodenough kept a tapestry of the Last Supper on the wall of his laboratory.
From New York Times ● Jun. 26, 2023
My dad is an actor and an Episcopalian priest, so we talked more about nuns and religion in preparation for this part.
From Salon ● May 2, 2023
I told Garrick that I had reviewed every invocation since the beginning of 2022 — a parade of Catholic deacons, Episcopalian priests, rabbis, evangelical Christians, an imam, a Methodist and others.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2023
A 200-year-old Episcopal seminary in Virginia has thrown a financial lifeline to a struggling Episcopalian school in New York City — in part to head off a looming, critical shortage of clergy in the denomination.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 14, 2023
“Yeah, but I told you that she’s Episcopalian or Presbyterian or something. She’s Christian.”
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
This office was, however, filled by the senior chaplain; and until 1838 the schools were exclusively episcopalian.
From The History of Tasmania, Volume I by West, John
Charles resolved, that the Church of Scotland should not only be episcopalian in its form of government, but also in all its discipline, and in its form of worship.
From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by Gillespie, George
Had you been there, as it was your duty to have been, we should have taken an episcopalian field officer.
From Tales from the German. Volume II. The Lichtensteins, The Sorceress, The Anabaptist by Velde, Carl Franz van der
An episcopalian clergyman is stationed at this place, and ministers of other denominations occasionally officiate in the district.
From The History of Tasmania , Volume II by West, John
The situation of the episcopalian Protestants of Scotland differed widely from that in which their English brethren stood.
From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron
The mainline is a collection of long-established Protestant denominations: the Episcopalians, United Methodists, Presbyterians and so on.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
By the second decade of the 21st century, Presbyterians, Lutherans and Episcopalians had largely dismantled their bans.
From Seattle Times ● May 5, 2024
American Episcopalians underscored this departure from convention in 2015 by permitting same-sex marriages.
From New York Times ● Sep. 1, 2022
Across the diocese, which covers about 80,000 Episcopalians across Northern and Central Virginia, “the support for reparations isn’t universal and maybe not even strong,” Ramey said.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 14, 2022
It is a point on which Lutherans, Calvinists, and Arminians, Episcopalians, Presbyterians, and Independents have always, with a few exceptions, been of one mind.
From Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians by Ryle, John Charles
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