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Is the Anglican Church like the Episcopal Church?
The Episcopal Church (TEC), based in the United States with additional dioceses elsewhere, is a member church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. It is a mainline Protestant denomination and is divided into nine provinces.
What does St Marks church believe?
We believe the only true God is Triune, that is, three in One: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We believe in God the Father, who existed before all things and is the Maker of all things. We believe in God the Son, Jesus Christ, who was sent to save us from our sins.
Why the Anglican Church broke away from the Catholic Church?
The Anglican Church originated when King Henry VIII split from the Roman Catholic Church in 1534, when the pope refused to grant the king an annulment. The Anglican Communion is made up of 46 independent churches, of which the US Episcopal Church is one.
Is Anglican still Catholic?
The spectrum of Anglican beliefs and practice is too large to be fit into these labels. Many Anglicans locate themselves somewhere in the spectrum of the broad-church tradition and consider themselves an amalgam of evangelical and Catholic.
Saint Mark's Church, Philadelphia, an Anglo-Catholic parish part of the Episcopal Church in the United States and the worldwide Anglican communion.
Our clergy are more than willing to answer any questions you may have about the Parish, the Christian Faith, or the Anglican Tradition. If you or your ...