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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America (1845 words)
	The Church of England was planted permanently in Virginia in 1607, at the foundation of the Jamestown Colony.
	During the period of the Revolution the Church of England in America suffered greatly in the estimation of Americans by its strong attachment to the cause of the British Crown.
	Unlike many of the Protestant bodies, the Episcopal Church was not permanently disrupted by the Civil War, for with the collapse of the Confederacy the separate organization of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Confederate States ceased.

Episcopal Church: Definition and Much More from Answers.com (4697 words)
	Descendant of the Church of England in the U.S. Part of the Anglican Communion, it was formally organized in 1789 as the successor of the Church of England in the former British colonies.
	The Episcopal Church was formally separated from the Church of England in 1789 so that clergy would not be required to accept the supremacy of the British monarch.
	The Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in Washington, D.C. is the National Cathedral of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America.

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