Episkopal: Was es bedeutet und ist die Episkopalkirche protestantisch? Ja, nach eigenem Bekunden

An Episcopalian belongs to the Episcopal Church, a church governed by bishops. And yes, it is Protestant by its own account. It calls itself “a Protestant denomination,” and the full name in its constitution is the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America. The name comes from the Greek episkopos, an overseer or bishop. Yet it has kept more of the older Church than most Protestant churches have, and one journey shows why. After the American Revolution, a…