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The '''Continuing Anglican''' movement is a group of churches that broke away from the [[Anglican]] Communion, particularly from the [[Episcopal Church]] in the [[United States]] (ECUSA) and the Anglican Church in [[Canada]].   

The '''Continuing Anglican''' movement is a group of churches that broke away from the [[Anglican]] Communion, particularly from the [[Episcopal Church]] in the [[United States]] (ECUSA) and the Anglican Church in [[Canada]].   

 

Continuing Anglican churches maintain Anglican/Episcopal beliefs, [[liturgy]], and practices, and are generally more [[conservative]] on matters of [[theology]] than the ECUSA.  However, because they are separate from the main Anglican bodies in their respective countries, Continuing churches are not "in full communion" with the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]]. Conversely, the Continuing Anglican churches do not seek such a relationship, owing to the differences in belief and practice which exist between the two.

Continuing Anglican churches maintain Anglican/Episcopal beliefs, [[liturgy]], and practices, and are generally more [[conservative]] on matters of [[theology]] than the ECUSA.  However, because they are separate from the main Anglican bodies in their respective countries, Continuing churches are not "in full communion" with the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]]. Conversely, the Continuing Anglican churches do not seek such a relationship, owing to the differences in belief and practice which exist between the two.

Continuing Anglican churches in the U.S. usually use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer, the 1940 hymnal, and the [[King James Version]] of the [[Bible]], in preference to their modern counterparts used by the ECUSA.  Thus, these churches seek to continue the practices, worship, and beliefs of Anglicanism as they were prior to the drastic changes that rocked the church after the 1960s. The name "Continuing Anglican," however, refers specifically to the concept held by these new church bodies that the Episcopal and Anglican churches that they formerly adhered to had cut themselves off from valid Apostolic Succession by permitting the ordination of women as priests. The Continuing churches, therefore, see themselves as continuing or prepetuating that lineage of priests and bishops which the Episcopal Church, the Anglican Church of Canada, and others have allegedly abandoned. Among the better known Continuing Anglican church bodies are the following:

Continuing Anglican churches in the U.S. usually use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer, the 1940 hymnal, and the [[King James Version]] of the [[Bible]], in preference to their modern counterparts used by the ECUSA.  Thus, these churches seek to continue the practices, worship, and beliefs of Anglicanism as they were prior to the drastic changes that rocked the church after the 1960s. The name "Continuing Anglican," however, refers specifically to the concept held by these new church bodies that the Episcopal and Anglican churches that they formerly adhered to had cut themselves off from valid Apostolic Succession by permitting the ordination of women as priests. The Continuing churches, therefore, see themselves as continuing or prepetuating that lineage of priests and bishops which the Episcopal Church, the Anglican Church of Canada, and others have allegedly abandoned. Among the better known Continuing Anglican church bodies are the following:

*Anglican Catholic Church

*Anglican Catholic Church<ref>https://anglicancatholic.org/</ref>

*Anglican Church in America

*Anglican Church in America<ref>https://www.anglicanchurchinamerica.org/</ref>

*Anglican Province of America

*Anglican Province of America<ref>https://anglicanprovince.org/</ref>

*Anglican Province of Christ the King

*Anglican Province of Christ the King<ref>https://www.anglicanpck.org/</ref>

*Episcopal Missionary Church

*Episcopal Missionary Church<ref>https://www.emchome.org/</ref>

*United Episcopal Church of North America  

*United Episcopal Church of North America<ref>https://unitedepiscopal.org/</ref>

 

 

 

 

 

In the 1990s and 2000s, additional Anglican groups have formed, most often over the issue of the eligibility of [[homosexual]] persons for (same-sex) marriage and/or ordination. These newer offshoots from the Anglican Communion consider themselves to be conservative and orthodox, but they are not "Continuing Anglicans." Most of them permit the ordination of women and the use of the controversial 1979 Book of Common Prayer. These newer Anglican churches are usually referred to as part of the "Anglican Realignment" because, again unlike the Continuing Anglicans, they aspire to remain part of the Anglican Communion headed by the Archbishop of Canterbury.  

[https://www.emchome.org/  Episcopal Missionary Church]

The Reformed Episcopal Church cannot technically be included as "Continuing Anglican," as it separated from ECUSA in 1873, and for different reasons,<ref>[http://rechurch.org/recus/recus/history.html Reformed Episcopal Church]</ref> but it shares most of the distinctive beliefs of the Continuing Anglican churches.

[https://unitedepiscopal.org/ United Episcopal Church of North America]

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