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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. At first i thought the author was joking about his title since his discussion of the history of the episcopal church appeared fairly extensive to me however when i reflected on what i read the book did comprise only a brief overview of this christian denomination since it separated from the . 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. Summary of the anglican religion the anglican religion features many denominations with a common history worship style and beliefs the episcopal church the episcopal church mirrored the church of england in every way except that it defined christ as the head of the church rather than the king of england