[Magdalen] A Note Re CofE and TEC History

[Roger Stokes]

On 30/06/2015 17:52,t Zephonites--- via Magdalen wrote:
> Jim
>   
> Thank you your mail was of great interest.
>   
> I agree that it does seem that we (by which I mean TEC and the CofE) while
> being in communion are substantially different in many ways.

I agree that Jon's post was informative and helpful.  One particular 
difference is the matter of parish boundaries.  There is a website 
www.acny.org.uk where you can identify where you live and hence what 
parish you are in.  The (not quite accurate) saying is that every blade 
of grass is in a C/E parish.  It's not quite accurate because there are 
peculiars and extra-parochial places but the principle generally holds 
true.

My impression is that that is not the case in the US where churches tend 
to be more eclectic, as many are in English towns where there are 
churches of different traditions and styles to choose from.  I believe 
that things like the rector's stipend is (subject to a diocesan minimum) 
determined by the local church whereas in the C/E the diocese determines 
the diocesan stipend.

Selection of the rector is also *very* different with search committees 
and election by the vestry (church council) and the process for electing 
a bishop is much more transparent in the US than in England.

Roger

Roger