Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America
- Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America
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.[Citation | last = | first = | author-link = | last2 = | first2 = | author2-link = | title =Dispute over use of church's name moves towards resolution | newspaper =Episcopal News Service | pages =]
year =1999 | date = 19 February | url = http://canonlawyer.org/articles/disputeovername.html] 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).[cite book]
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coauthors = | title =The Protestant Face of Anglicanism | publisher =William B. Eerdmans Publish Company | date =1998 | location =Grand Rapids, Michigan | pages =56, 69 | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 0802845975] The Church today
The Traditional Protestant Episcopal Church believes that it maintains the faith of the original Protestant Episcopal Church in the USA.[ [http://www.reformer.org/articles/articles.cgi?action=fullscreen&primary_key=1 Traditional Protestant Episcopal Church website] ] 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.]References
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