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."
