\u201cOne Canon reduced to writing by God Himself, two Testaments, three Creeds, four General Councils, five centuries, and the series of Fathers in that period\u2026determine the boundary of our Faith.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014 Lancelot Andrewes (Bishop and Scholar in the Church of England \u2013 1619-1626)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We are Christians<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n We proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord. We are baptized into his death and resurrection. We strive to follow him in all things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We are Catholics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Our faith and practice is grounded in the tradition of the Church\u2013that is, what has been handed on to us\u2013 going back to Jesus and the apostles. (No, we\u2019re not Roman Catholics, though we have much in common with our friends in that tradition.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n We are Anglicans<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Our spiritual \u2018DNA\u2019 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We are Episcopalians<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n