Traditional Protestant Episcopal Church
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The Traditional Protestant Episcopal Church (TPEC) was a Christian
body that saw itself as maintaining the original theological position of the Episcopal Church.
It was part of the Continuing Church Movement, having been founded in 1986 by clergy who had left other Continuing Anglican churches. The TPEC subscribed to The Thirty-nine Articles
of Religion. The 1928 Book of Common Prayer
or one of its antecedents was used.
At one time nearly twenty clergy and a half-dozen parishes were affiliated with the TPEC, but most had left for other denominations by 2008. In 2008-2009 some of the remaining clergy desired to see the denomination become more Calvinistic and have a more active outreach. This dispute resulted in ecclesiastial upheaval and schism out of which came a new church, the "Protestant Episcopal Church, USA."
In September, 2011, the remainder of the presiding bishop's congregation, now organized as Canterbury Chapel in Fairhope, Alabama
, with Anglican Church of the Incarnation in Fayetteville, Arkansas
, and the TPEC's remaining clergy, were received by Presiding Bishop Jerry Ogles into the Anglican Orthodox Church
as the Diocese of the Advent.
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body that saw itself as maintaining the original theological position of the Episcopal Church.
It was part of the Continuing Church Movement, having been founded in 1986 by clergy who had left other Continuing Anglican churches. The TPEC subscribed to The Thirty-nine Articles
Thirty-Nine Articles
The Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion are the historically defining statements of doctrines of the Anglican church with respect to the controversies of the English Reformation. First established in 1563, the articles served to define the doctrine of the nascent Church of England as it related to...
of Religion. The 1928 Book of Common Prayer
Book of Common Prayer
The Book of Common Prayer is the short title of a number of related prayer books used in the Anglican Communion, as well as by the Continuing Anglican, "Anglican realignment" and other Anglican churches. The original book, published in 1549 , in the reign of Edward VI, was a product of the English...
or one of its antecedents was used.
At one time nearly twenty clergy and a half-dozen parishes were affiliated with the TPEC, but most had left for other denominations by 2008. In 2008-2009 some of the remaining clergy desired to see the denomination become more Calvinistic and have a more active outreach. This dispute resulted in ecclesiastial upheaval and schism out of which came a new church, the "Protestant Episcopal Church, USA."
In September, 2011, the remainder of the presiding bishop's congregation, now organized as Canterbury Chapel in Fairhope, Alabama
Fairhope, Alabama
Fairhope is a city in Baldwin County, Alabama, on a sloping plateau, along the cliffs and shoreline of Mobile Bay. The 2010 census lists the population of the city as 16,176....
, with Anglican Church of the Incarnation in Fayetteville, Arkansas
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Fayetteville is the county seat of Washington County, and the third largest city in Arkansas. The city is centrally located within the county and is home to the University of Arkansas. Fayetteville is also deep in the Boston Mountains, a subset of The Ozarks...
, and the TPEC's remaining clergy, were received by Presiding Bishop Jerry Ogles into the Anglican Orthodox Church
Anglican Orthodox Church
The Anglican Orthodox Church is one of the older conservative Anglican denominations in the United States that is not in communion with the Archbishop of Canterbury of the Church of England due to the perceived abandonment of Reformation doctrine by that church...
as the Diocese of the Advent.