Our History and Liturgy
The Episcopal Church is a branch of the one, Holy, catholic (universal) and Apostolic Church instituted by Jesus Christ. It traces its history to the time of Christ. Before the sixteenth-century Reformation in Western Europe, the Episcopal Church and the Roman Catholic Church were one in the same. The Christian church in a given country or region at that time was customarily described as the church of the region, such as the Church of Gaul, the Church of Spain, or the Church of England (Latin: ecclesia anglicana). After the Reformation, the English national church continued to be called the "Church of England", but it repudiated the supremacy of the Pope. It retained to a high degree, however, its ancient liturgy and Episcopal organization.

The Episcopal Church in the United States is part of the wordwide Anglican Communion. With over seventy million members, the Anglican Communion is one of the three largest faiths in the world.