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The United Episcopal
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All Saints Anglican Church is
proudly affiliated with the United Episcopal Church
of North America. Our National Church’s liturgical
standard for the United States is the 1928 Book of
Common Prayer, while the unabridged 1962 edition
Prayer Book (including the Propers and Prayer for
the Queen) is authorized for all Canadian worship.
Those who have known and revered the unaltered
Prayer Book services, non-political Bible preaching,
and the decorum of Anglican worship in earlier years
are invited to be at home again here. Those who are
unfamiliar with Anglican worship but who are drawn
to its dignity and recognize the declining morality
of "modern" churches are also invited to establish
your spiritual roots with us. |
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Our clergy, worship services,
prayer books, and Bible usage are those that every
Episcopalian once knew and cherished. The UECNA has
not changed. We are not “Cafeteria Episcopalianism.”
We do not defend only those portions of the faith
which the socio-political fads of the moment deem
admirable, while rejecting others. We neither add to
nor detract from our faith. Because of this
constancy, the United Episcopal Church has been
described as the most consistent of the North
American “continuing” Anglican (Episcopalian)
churches. Please take a moment to read the history
of the UECNA summarized in the section below. |
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History
of North America's Continuing Anglican Church |
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Introduction |
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The UECNA is what is often
called a "Continuing" Anglican (or Episcopal)
church, meaning that it succeeded the Episcopal
Church USA (ECUSA) with bishops who derived their
calling and authority from existing Episcopalian
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Changes in the Ancient
Church Drive Away its Faithful |
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For most of America's past,
there was but one daughter church of the Church of
England (Anglican) in this country. However, when
changes in its Faith and Apostolic Orders were made
by a series of General Conventions, tens of
thousands of faithful Episcopalians began searching
for an Anglican alternative. In keeping with the Ancient
Church's directive, they sought -- as others
continue to do today -- the help and protection of
an orthodox bishop. |
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The Founding of the UECNA |
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The Right Reverend Albert A.
Chambers of the Episcopal Diocese of Springfield
responded to that call in January 1978 by elevating
the respected Archdeacon Charles Dale David Doren to
the rank of Bishop. This action established an
Anglican Church in America as an effective
replacement for ECUSA, which had become a new church
in belief and practice, although still known by its
previous name. |
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Bishop Doren thus became the
original bishop of the Continuing Churches and then
the first Presiding Bishop of the United Episcopal
Church of North America. |
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Maintaining the Original
Faith |
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Bishop Doren's Church held
fast to what the "old" Episcopal Church had once
been. All of the UECNA bishops, in succession from
him down to our current presiding Bishop, have
guided this Church as a truly orthodox continuation
on this continent of the Anglican Church of history.
The United Episcopal Church is the sole continuing
Anglican/Episcopal Church in this country which: |
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officially
accepts Anglicanism's 39 Articles of Religion as its
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authorizes
for use in worship services the historic Book of
Common Prayer exclusively; and |
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uses only the King James Version of the Bible during
corporate worship. |
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We remain "united" internally
and "united" also with the faith and practices of
Episcopalians of earlier generations. We are the
United Episcopal Church of North America, and we
invite you to worship with us. |
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Click here to visit our
National Church website for more information
regarding the UECNA's beliefs and a complete Parish
Directory. |
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