Do Episcopalians say the rosary?

The rosary is not a particularly common devotion for Episcopalians. In fact, the invention of the so-called Anglican rosary in the latter half of the last century was intended to give Episcopalians a way of praying with beads without being associated with anything that seemed too Roman Catholic.
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Do Episcopalians have prayer beads?

Anglican prayer beads are a more modern devotional tool which blends the traditions of the prayer rope and the Rosary. Anglican prayer beads started off in the Episcopal Church, but have seen regular use in other Protestant traditions.
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Do Episcopalians have confession?

Confession of sins to priests is not practiced in the Episcopal Church, but is an important element of the Catholic Church. The Episcopalians believe that saints are mere examples of what God wants them to be; in the Catholic's perspective, saints are to be asked for guidance as well.
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Does the Episcopal Church pray to Mary?

An Anglo-Catholic manual, Saint Augustine's Prayer Book: A Book of Devotion for members of the Episcopal Church, first published in 1947, includes a section containing devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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How do you pray the Episcopalian rosary?

Move your fingers to the invitatory bead, and hold it between your thumb and finger. Recite the prayer you chose. Move your fingers to the right to the first cruciform bead; you will be moving in a counterclockwise direction around your rosary. Recite the prayer, scripture or hymn you chose.
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Do Anglicans pray to the Virgin Mary?

After nearly 500 years of intense division, Anglican and Roman Catholic theologians yesterday declared that one of the two faiths' most fundamental differences - the position of Mary, the mother of Christ - should no longer divide them.
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Is Anglican and Episcopalian the same?

April 16, 2009 - The conservative Episcopal congregations officially separate from the Episcopal church and form the Anglican Church of North America. It is now fully recognized as part of the global Anglican community.
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What are Episcopalian beliefs?

We believe in following the teachings of Jesus Christ, whose life, death, and resurrection saved the world. We have a legacy of inclusion, aspiring to tell and exemplify God's love for every human being; women and men serve as bishops, priests, and deacons in our church.
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Can a Catholic receive Communion in an Episcopalian church?

That can be summarised simply. Catholics should never take Communion in a Protestant church, and Protestants (including Anglicans) should never receive Communion in the Catholic Church except in case of death or of "grave and pressing need".
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Do Episcopalians have nuns?

In a move that religious scholars say is unprecedented, 10 of the 12 nuns at an Episcopal convent in Catonsville left their church Thursday to become Roman Catholics, the latest defectors from a denomination divided over the ordination of gay men and women.
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Do Episcopalians use holy water?

Although "Holy water" is not a term used in official rites of the Church of England, font water is sanctified in the Church of England baptism rite. In contrast, the Episcopal Church (United States) does expressly mention the optional use of holy water in some recent liturgies of blessing.
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How is the Episcopal Church different?

Episcopalians have different practices and beliefs than that of catholics. They do not believe in one authority of the pope. Thus there is no pope in episcopalian churches. Episcopalians let priests and bishops to marry whenever they want and to whomever they want to marry.
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Do Episcopalians believe in the Trinity?

There is one God, who is a Trinity of Persons. The First Person of the Trinity, traditionally called “Father,” created all things at the beginning of time. Jesus Christ, the very human rabbi from 2000 years ago, was and is the Son of God, the Second Person of the Trinity, and our Savior.
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What do Episcopalians say when receiving Communion?

Receive the bread

The minister will say the words of administration, which often are, “The Body of Christ, the Bread of Heaven.” Your response is “Amen.” You can bow your head if you would like to avoid eye contact, and that is fine. You can choose to make eye contact, and that is fine as well.
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Why did the Episcopal Church split?

The Communion has been divided globally and in the United States for years over issues from gay rights to women's ordination to how to read the Bible. The dispute has led to multimillion-dollar lawsuits over who has the right to church properties.
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Does the Episcopal Church use the Bible?

CLASS. Episcopalians trace their ancestry from the Church of England. As such, the English Bible, particularly the authorized King James Bible, is the Episcopalian Bible.
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What religion is closest to Anglican?

Anglicanism forms one of the branches of Western Christianity, having definitively declared its independence from the Holy See at the time of the Elizabethan Religious Settlement. Many of the new Anglican formularies of the mid-16th century corresponded closely to those of contemporary Protestantism.
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What do you call an Episcopal priest?

In many contemporary Episcopal parishes, a priest will be called Father or Mother, but this is a relatively recent development. I will briefly explore the options that are commonly heard today: Father/Mother, Reverend, and Pastor.
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What version of the Bible do Episcopalians use?

Episcopalians primarily use the New Revised Standard Version. The NRSV was published in 1989 as an update to the Revised Standard Version (RSV) which itself was a revision of the American Standard Version (ASV). Some Episcopalians still use the Revised Standard Version. Others prefer the King James Version (KJV).
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What do Episcopalians believe happens after death?

It is believed that when a person dies, the Holy Spirit is released from the body to be returned to to God while the body is returned to the earth that had sustained it through life.
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What churches pray the rosary?

The Holy Rosary (/ˈroʊzəri/; Latin: rosarium, in the sense of "crown of roses" or "garland of roses"), also known as the Dominican Rosary, or simply the Rosary, refers to a set of prayers used in the Catholic Church and to the string of knots or beads used to count the component prayers.
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Do Lutherans use rosary beads?

A small number of Lutherans pray a version of the Rosary. The Lutheran prayer has similarities and differences with the Roman Catholic version. Using rosary beads and saying the Lord's Prayer is a similarity. A difference is that Lutherans don't say the “Hail Mary” because it violates several of their doctrines.
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Do Protestants pray the rosary?

Almost everyone has heard of the Catholic rosary, which is a vital element of Catholic worship. What many don't realize is that Protestants also have prayer beads in the form of the Anglican rosary.
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