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Is the Anglican Church like the Episcopal Church?
The Episcopal Church (TEC), based in the United States with additional dioceses elsewhere, is a member church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. It is a mainline Protestant denomination and is divided into nine provinces.
What does St Marks church believe?
We believe the only true God is Triune, that is, three in One: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We believe in God the Father, who existed before all things and is the Maker of all things. We believe in God the Son, Jesus Christ, who was sent to save us from our sins.
Is Anglican still Catholic?
The spectrum of Anglican beliefs and practice is too large to be fit into these labels. Many Anglicans locate themselves somewhere in the spectrum of the broad-church tradition and consider themselves an amalgam of evangelical and Catholic.
Why was St Mark's church deconsecrated?
It was also known as the 'American Church' given its proximity to the former US Embassy and President Eisenhower and Eleanor Roosevelt are known to have attended services there. Following the Second World War, the congregation dwindled to the point that the church was deconsecrated by the Church of England in 1974.
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Saint Mark's Church, Philadelphia, an Anglo-Catholic parish part of the Episcopal Church in the United States and the worldwide Anglican communion.