[GCFL-discuss] ...joined the Episcopal Church

[Discussion of the Good, Clean Funnies List]

Huge differences. Both churches hoped to be accepted as the official,
established, Church of the United States. That was a major reason for the
First Amendment to provide that "Congress shall make no law respecting
the establishment of religion..." It was a way for the Presbyterians,
Baptists, Methodists, Quakers, Mennonites, Amish, and Roman Catholics, as
well as Jews, to tell both of them, "You can forget it."

Congregationalists were essentially the Puritans and Separatists who left
the Church of England, and the Episcopalians WERE the Church of England
in America.

Episcopalians had bishops and archbishops, and were generally denounced
as little better than the Roman church. Congregationalists believed in no
ecclesiastical or episcopal rule at all. (Generally Baptists didn't
either, although a few Baptists churches have people honorifically called
bishop today.)

One hundred years later, the Episcoplian Church was known as "The
Republican Party at Prayer."

Siarlys

On Mon, 5 Oct 2009 16:44:17 -0700 "Discussion of the Good, Clean Funnies
List" <gcfl-discuss at gcfl.net> writes:
Evidently in 1780 there was a huge difference between Congregation vs
Episcopal?


Lance


On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 5:29 PM, Discussion of the Good, Clean Funnies
List <gcfl-discuss at gcfl.net> wrote:

I recently ran across a reference to this tidbit of history:

In 1780, if a resident of Massachusetts did not wish to contribute to the
support of the Congregational Church, a certificate was granted to him
which read:

"The is to certify that _______ has renounced the Christian religion and
joined the Episcopal Church."

Siarlys
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