English Bishop Calls For A New American Province To Be Created

English Bishop Calls For A New American Province To Be Created

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The Anglican Bishop of Lewes, a suffragan in the diocese of Chichester, has called for the creation of a new province in the USA after the House of Bishops there deposed a traditionalist bishop....

“The Jerusalem statement from almost 1200 confessing Anglican leaders urged the Archbishops of Nigeria, Kenya, Southern Cone, Tanzania, Uganda, West Africa and Rwanda to recognise a new Anglican province for North America.

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As if America didn't have enough problems to worry about,now the Anglicans are kicking up a fuss.

The Episcopal Church is a break away branch of the Church of England.

The church was disestablished in all the states during the American Revolution.There was a formal seperation in 1789 so that clergy would not be required to accept the supremacy of the British monarch.

Now it appears that further seperation is on the agenda with the creation of a "vatican" type province on the horizon.

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[edit on 24-9-2008 by jakyll]