Catholic and Evangelical

The Communion of Evangelical Episcopal Churches’ understanding on what it means to be both Catholic and Evangelical in the Anglican Spiritual Tradition


It is to embrace…..

1.    The priority and authority of the Holy Scriptures as the source of our knowledge of God.


2.    The doctrinal guidance of the Catholic Creeds - Apostle’s, Nicene, and Athanasian (Quicunque Vult).


3.    The truth that salvation is, in the final analysis, the gift of God and by grace alone.


4.    The use of liturgy which is faithful to Scripture and embodies the experience of the church in worship over the centuries.


5.    The historic episcopate, or the order of bishops, as a sign of the unity of the one Church of God. The English (Anglican) reformers insisted on the retention of the historic order of bishops.


6.    The three-fold ministry of bishop, presbyter (priest), and deacon as that ministry which God has led the Church to adopt since primitive times.


7.    The two Gospel sacraments of Holy Baptism and Holy Communion as instituted by Christ for regular use in the Church.


8.    The unity of the ministry of the Word and Sacrament in the service of Holy Communion.


9.    The need for regular preaching and teaching from the Holy Scriptures.


10.    The recognition that the visible unity of the Church on earth is God’s will.


11.    The need for a regularly reviewed Canon Law, to make sure we are meeting the needs of the different cultures and people groups we have been called to serve,


12.    The priesthood of the whole church as a worshipping and praying society.