Before we begin...no...it's not the diet where you reduce your
meat consumption to fish and chicken.
Episcopalian refers to a Christian who adheres to the Episcopal
Church of the United States and any other Church that calls itself 'Episcopal' with a capital "
E." The Episcopal Church is part of the worldwide Anglican Communion which is a group of self governing Anglican Churches headed by the Church of England and the Archbishop of Canterbury.
The Episcopal Church, along with the other Anglican/Episcopal bodies, act like a blend between 90% Roman Catholicism, 3% Calvinism, and 7% Baptist. Hence being neither Protestant nor Catholic, rather a nice blend between both because Queen
Elizabeth needed to satisfy
two very powerful Christian groups in a short
period of
time before they all murdered one another and her in a bid for superiority.
Priests in the Episcopal Church are allowed to be men, women, or non binary;
gay,
straight; celibate or non (in the confines of marriage). Bishops act as leaders over swaths of land called dioceses. And Archbishops oversee entire national churches along with a large Synod.
Eucharist is open for all baptized Christians (regardless of whichever church they are affiliated with) to receive.
Steve: "I'm so confused."
Jenny: "Why?"
Steve: "You're over here praying the rosary and fasting on Wednesdays, but you also took your
girlfriend to
church and got your marriage blessed. I didn't know the Catholic Church blessed
gay marriages!"
Jenny: "Well good thing I'm not Catholic, Steve. I'm Episcopalian."
