Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America

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In 2006, the Traditional Protestant Episcopal Church incorporated the name Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America (PECUSA) in the State of Florida. An earlier attempt by several bishops of the Episcopal Church in the USA to use the PECUSA initials for a private association was struck down following legal action brought in 1997 by the The Episcopal Church in the USA.[1] The "Protestant Episcopal Church in the USA" name was the original title of the Anglican Communion's American province that is now commonly known as The Episcopal Church in the United States of America (ECUSA) or The Episcopal Church (TEC).[2][3][4][5]

[edit] The Church today

The Traditional Protestant Episcopal Church believes that it maintains the faith of the original Protestant Episcopal Church in the USA.[6] In 2008, the church on its website identified three parishes or missions as belonging to TPEC. The Presiding Bishop of the Traditional Protestant Episcopal Church is The Rt. Rev. Charles E. Morley, Rector of St. Francis at the Point Church, Point Clear, Alabama.

[edit] References

  1. ^ “Dispute over use of church's name moves towards resolution”, Episcopal News Service, 19 February, <http://canonlawyer.org/articles/disputeovername.html> 
  2. ^ (13 March 1997) The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, 3rd edition. USA: Oxford University Press, 554. ISBN 0–19–211655–X. 
  3. ^ Episcopal Church. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.. Columbia University Press (2001-05). Retrieved on 2007-09-09.
  4. ^ Episcopal Church USA. Encyclopedia Britannica. Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.. Retrieved on 2007-09-09.
  5. ^ Zahl, Paul F. (1998). The Protestant Face of Anglicanism. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publish Company, 56, 69. ISBN 0802845975. 
  6. ^ Traditional Protestant Episcopal Church website