An Anglican Core
“One Canon reduced to writing by God Himself, two Testaments, three Creeds, four General Councils, five centuries, and the series of Fathers in that period…determine the boundary of our Faith.”
— Lancelot Andrewes (Bishop and Scholar in the Church of England – 1619-1626)
With the other historic-catholic Christian bodies, we share the Apostles Creed (our baptismal creed), the Nicene Creed (our ecumenical creed), and the Athanasian Creed, as the foundational theological statements of our belief.
We are Christians
We proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord. We are baptized into his death and resurrection. We strive to follow him in all things.
We are Catholics
Our faith and practice is grounded in the tradition of the Church–that is, what has been handed on to us– going back to Jesus and the apostles. (No, we’re not Roman Catholics, though we have much in common with our friends in that tradition.)
We are Anglicans
Our spiritual ‘DNA’ comes from the Church of England, and we are part of the family of 42 churches (provinces), all over the world, in communion with the Archbishop of Canterbury.
We are Episcopalians
The Episcopal Church, established in 1789, is the American expression of Anglican Christianity. We are one of 110 dioceses that mutually support one another in a common doctrine, discipline, and worship.
We are St. Matthew’s
We welcome you to visit us, engage Jesus Christ through faith and baptism into our church family, belong with us in a community that serves each other, and go with us as we proclaim and live out the Gospel of Jesus Christ to a world in need of hope and peace.