The Episcopal Church was not an official church body in the USA until it was
formed in 1789. This is a technicality, but it came out of the Church of
England (also called Anglican). Episcopalians are still part of the
worldwide Anglican Communion, although they are becoming divided over gender
issues. Ironically, the African dioceses are aligning with the conservative
Episcopalians in the USA.

Wilmer L. Kerns

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I found documents in which those who did not attend church were jailed, was
that the Virginia Assembly? This document is dated 1710, when Colonial
Virginia was under the Rule of the Anglican and Episcopalian Church. So why
would the General Assembly command people to go to church?  Before there was
a General Assembly, the Anglican and Episcopalian Churches were the law in
Virginia. Sorry, that is the way it was. Slavery could not have flourshed
without the approval of the church. Church law was then adopted by the
General Assembly, and became the law of the land.  Most historians know that
Henings Statutes at Law were a codification of Church law for the General
Assembly.

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