[Magdalen] A Note Re CofE and TEC History

[Charles Wohlers]

Actually, the parish system is historically important in Colonial America. 
Parishes and their boundaries were established in New England as it was 
settled, although there of course were Congregational, not Anglican churches 
there (Baptist in RI). The successors of these parishes are today's towns 
and cities, and, unless you are in a really remote area like the Maine 
woods, you live in some organized Town or City. Most of these - especially 
the older ones - have a single Congregational church to this day. This 
organization (without the Congregational churches) also applies to a lesser 
extent in the Mid-Atlantic states (NY, NJ, PA).

Chad Wohlers
Woodbury, VT USA
chadwohl at satucket.com



-----Original Message----- 
From: Roger Stokes
Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2015 5:33 PM
To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] A Note Re CofE and TEC History

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.