{"id":2628,"date":"2024-05-24T18:59:47","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T18:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/protestant-or-episcopalian\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T22:58:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T22:58:18","slug":"protestant-or-episcopalian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/protestant-or-episcopalian\/","title":{"rendered":"Episcopalian: cosa significa e la Chiesa Episcopale \u00e8 protestante? S\u00ec, secondo la sua stessa dichiarazione"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>An Episcopalian belongs to the Episcopal Church, a church governed by bishops. And yes, it is Protestant by its own account. It calls itself &quot;a Protestant denomination,&quot; 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\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\/it\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/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>Episcopalians belong to the Episcopal Church, the American Anglican church led by bishops. It calls itself Protestant and keeps much of the older Church.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104424,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[219],"class_list":["post-2628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education","series-denominations-compared"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1781,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/episcopal-vs-roman-catholic\/","url_meta":{"origin":2628,"position":0},"title":"Episcopal vs Catholic: The Real Differences, Compared","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Maggio 24, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"The Episcopal Church is Anglican, not Roman Catholic. 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