StJohnsVB.com Website for St. John's Anglican church in Virginia Beach, VA
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St. John's Anglican Catholic Church, Virginia Beach
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- Virginia Beach VA
- United States 23452
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- +1 (757) 301-9624
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Anglican and Catholic?
St. John's is part of the worldwide Anglican Catholic Church, which was established in 1978 as a church jurisdiction in which the faith of our Anglican forefathers and mothers could be practiced, nourished, and handed on to our children, grandchildren, and posterity. This followed the Congress of St. Louis in 1977, which was an international gathering of 2,000 Anglican and Episcopalian bishops, clergy, and lay people in St. Louis, Missouri .
The participants in the St. Louis Congress sought to maintain their classical Anglican and Episcopal heritage by returning to the fullness of the Faith of the undivided Catholic Church. Acting according to the principles determined by the Seven Ecumenical Councils of the ancient Church and adopting initially the name “Anglican Church in North America,” they placed themselves under the jurisdiction of the retired Episcopal bishop of Springfield, the Rt. Rev. Albert Chambers.
In January 1978 Bishop Chambers expanded this jurisdiction and guaranteed its continuance by consecrating four bishops for the newly formed Anglican Church in North America. In October 1978 the Church met in synod to adopt a formal constitution, which included the change of name to the "Anglican Catholic Church."
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