Churches begin dialogue.Washington (ENS)--Three estranged es·trange tr.v. es·tranged, es·trang·ing, es·trang·es 1. To make hostile, unsympathetic, or indifferent; alienate. 2. To remove from an accustomed place or set of associations. American churches -- the Reformed Episcopal Church Reformed Episcopal Church: see Episcopal Church. , the Anglican Province of America The Anglican Province of America is one of a number of "Continuing" Anglican churches in the United States. This church regards the Episcopal Church in the USA as heretical; thus it maintains an organization separate from that body in order to follow what it considers to be a truly and the Episcopal Church of the United States (ECUSA) -- met in mid-January in response to the 1998 Lambeth Conference's call for dialogue among separated Anglican churches. The Reformed Episcopal Church was formed in 1873 due to liturgical and ecumenical disputes with ECUSA and the Anglican Province of America is the successor to the American Episcopal Church The American Episcopal Church was a conservative American Anglican denomination that existed between 1968 and 1991. , which broke away from ECUSA in 1968 over theological issues. The meeting took important first steps to dispel years of ignorance and suspicion, according to Episcopal News Service. The meeting was held at St. Paul's College in Washington, D.C., Jan. 15-16. |
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