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| United Episcopal Church of North America | |
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 UECNA crest | |
| Classification | Protestant |
| Orientation | Anglican |
| Polity | Episcopal |
| Presiding bishop | Peter D. Robinson |
| Associations | Intercommunion with Anglican Catholic Church and the Anglican Province of Christ the King |
| Region | United States |
| Founder | Charles Doren |
| Origin | 1981 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US |
| Separated from | Anglican Catholic Church |
| Congregations | Approximately 26 parishes, missions, and affiliated congregations |
| Official website | unitedepiscopal |
The United Episcopal Church of North America (UECNA) is a church in the Anglican tradition and is part of the Continuing Anglican movement. It is not part of the Anglican Communion.
The UECNA describes itself as "embracing the broad base of ceremonial practice inherent in the Historic Anglican Communion"[1] although historically the UECNA has tended to be low or broad church in its ceremonial practice. The UECNA uses the 1928 American Book of Common Prayer and 1662 English prayer book in the US and, in Canada, the 1962 Canadian prayer book and 1662 prayer book.
The changes in the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Church of Canada that the UECNA and other continuing churches objected to include the theology of the newer liturgies such as the Episcopal Church's 1979 prayer book, the ordination of women, attitudes toward divorce and abortion, and differing interpretations of how the authority of scripture is perceived.
- ^ The United Episcopal Church - An Introduction (UECNA 1990, rev. 2013)
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