{"id":1781,"date":"2024-05-24T18:44:50","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T18:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/episcopal-vs-roman-catholic\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T14:13:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T14:13:49","slug":"episcopal-vs-roman-catholic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/episcopal-vs-roman-catholic\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0627\u0644\u0623\u0633\u0642\u0641\u064a\u0629 \u0645\u0642\u0627\u0628\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0643\u0627\u062b\u0648\u0644\u064a\u0643\u064a\u0629: \u0627\u0644\u0641\u0631\u0648\u0642 \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0642\u064a\u0642\u064a\u0629\u060c \u0645\u0642\u0627\u0631\u0646\u0629"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Episcopalians are not Roman Catholics. Their church is Anglican, calls itself both Protestant and catholic, and is not in communion with Rome. Episcopalians and Catholics both have bishops, both have a Mass, and both trace their orders through apostolic succession. Rome does not accept that the Episcopal ones are valid, and that single refusal explains most of the rest. The short version EpiscopalRoman Catholic HeadNo single head; the Presiding Bishop leads the American church, and the Archbishop of Canterbury is\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Episcopal Church is Anglican, not Roman Catholic. Both have bishops and claim apostolic succession, but Rome does not accept Episcopal orders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104652,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[217,219],"class_list":["post-1781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education","series-catholicism-demystified","series-denominations-compared"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2628,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/protestant-or-episcopalian\/","url_meta":{"origin":1781,"position":0},"title":"Protestant or Episcopalian? 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