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The history of the episcopal church in the united states of america has its origins in the church of england a church which stresses its continuity with the ancient western church and claims to maintain apostolic succession its close links to the crown led to its reorganization on an independent basis in the 1780s in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries it was characterized . Additional research into denominational histories and the rewriting of these histories has been of significant import in helping todays churches relate to their times david l holmes has produced a relatively concise highly literary 400 year history of the episcopal church its successes and its failures. Get this from a library a brief history of the episcopal church with a chapter on the anglican reformation and an appendix on the annulment of henry viii david l holmes. There is an extensive bibliography for those who desire more depth in particular aspects of the episcopal church the book begins with a brief chapter on the anglican reformation and how it differed from the protestant reformation this chapter is followed by a discussion how the episcopal church developed separate from the church of england. In time these churches gained their independence but retained connections with the mother church in the anglican communion the historical society of the episcopal church hsec is an association of persons and entities dedicated to the preservation and dissemination of information on the history of the episcopal church founded in 1910 as