Епископальная церковь против Католической: реальные различия в сравнении

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…