I wonder if anyone can tell me the equivalent to the Church of England over here?
I haven't been to church in a very long time and for various personal reasons haven't wanted to. Now however, I sometimes feel I would like to try and get my faith back. The only problem is that there are so many churches to choose from Baptist, Methodist , Episcopalian etcetera etcetera. I need to have somewhere where I can feel at home. I've seen church scenes in movies where people were singing hymns that were ones I remember and used to sing at school, so it must exist here. Can anyone help me? Rita
Episcopal is the same as Anglican (Church of England) to my knowledge.
http//www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_51476_ENG_HTM.htm
"Anglicanism is most commonly identified with the established Church of England, but Anglican churches exist in most parts of the world. In some countries (e.g., the United States, Scotland) the Anglican church is known as Episcopal, from the Latin episcopus, "bishop", which comes from a Greek word literally meaning an "overseer.""
Episcopal is the same as Anglican (Church of England) to my knowledge.
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_51476_ENG_HTM.htm
"Anglicanism is most commonly identified with the established Church of England, but Anglican churches exist in most parts of the world. In some countries (e.g., the United States, Scotland) the Anglican church is known as Episcopal, from the Latin episcopus, "bishop", which comes from a Greek word literally meaning an "overseer.""
Adeshell, Thank you so much. Hubby thought it was Episcopalian too - but he wasn't sure. You've been a big help!! :grin:
Episcopal is the same as Anglican (Church of England) to my knowledge.
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_51476_ENG_HTM.htm
"Anglicanism is most commonly identified with the established Church of England, but Anglican churches exist in most parts of the world. In some countries (e.g., the United States, Scotland) the Anglican church is known as Episcopal, from the Latin episcopus, "bishop", which comes from a Greek word literally meaning an "overseer.""
there still a bit barmy though, went to midnight mass on xmas eve a couple of years back and there was a bit too much chanting for my liking...
I looked up my nearest Episcopalian church on the net and read about their services. It seems they do communions. Isn't that a Catholic thing????? None of my friends at school had communion, at least I don't THINK so............ ?????
Yes and no. You do get communion services in the C of E too and other denominations. You may proabably find they only do communion services sometimes and not all the time. )
Yes and no. You do get communion services in the C of E too and other denominations. You may proabably find they only do communion services sometimes and not all the time. :)
Absolutely. I went to C of E services in the UK where they do communion.
Yes and no. You do get communion services in the C of E too and other denominations. You may proabably find they only do communion services sometimes and not all the time. :)
Absolutely. I went to C of E services in the UK where they do communion.
Same here, it was always at the 11am Sunday service but not at Evensong.
Our local Episcopalian church is a little strange here (so I have heard) they have a minister who speaks in "Tongues". Not quite what I wa used to back in England :roll:
The Church of England covered a whole range of levels from Low church to High Church. Low church was descended from the original anti papist model, simple, but bible bashing, lots of guilt, call you out from the altar. The high church, also known as Anglican, was all but RC in English instead of latin. The Episcopalian church here is modelled on the high church. Most address the Vicar as "Father" and don't know the name "Vicar". I learned all this as my wife worked her way though it. Since they are high church, they do do communion.
I would do what the Americans do when they move to a new town -they try out the local churches until they find one that fits. You never know, you might find something a little different from C of E but which you actually find more comforting/comfortable -especially if you have been "away" for a while.
The Church of England covered a whole range of levels from Low church to High Church. Low church was descended from the original anti papist model, simple, but bible bashing, lots of guilt, call you out from the altar. The high church, also known as Anglican, was all but RC in English instead of latin. The Episcopalian church here is modelled on the high church. Most address the Vicar as "Father" and don't know the name "Vicar". I learned all this as my wife worked her way though it. Since they are high church, they do do communion.
That isn't entirely true. Low Churches did communion all the time and as cel mentioned they were done in services other than evensong. Nowadays, you will find family services will only do communion once a month. Some had done away with communion in family services altogether. The High Churches in the UK have pretty much followed the same route and don't have communion in evensong. they have also cut down on the amount of communion services to help accomodate families more with young children. And the High Churches are few are far between these days.
And as far as addressing the 'vicar' as 'father' - that happens in all types of churches, even methodist and baptist. It is not only kept to ministers in the high church and Catholic, even though it is normally a Catholic name. You often find it is something that the older generation in the UK do more than the younger ones in both high and low church of england churches.
And the bible bashing from the pulpit - mmmmm, when was the last time you went to a Church of England Church? Your sermon may be more personal in the low churches because they were generally smaller and therefore the congregation were more personally known. Other than that, the C of E left the dark ages a very long time ago ;)