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The Episcopalians

David Hein and Gardiner H. Shattuck Jr.'s The Episcopalians, Church Publishing, Denominations in America series, 2004, traces the Episcopal Church from colonial Anglicanism's loss of state establishment after the American Revolution, through Samuel Seabury's 1784 consecration by non-juring Scottish bishops at Aberdeen after the Church of England refused him for want of an oath to the crown he could not swear as an American citizen, to the 1789 General Convention that unified the American dioceses as an autonomous, self-governing church.

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Academic press denominational history, the eleventh volume in Praeger's Denominations in America series, chronologically arranged from colonial Anglicanism through the Episcopal Church's twentieth-century history.
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Used for Samuel Seabury's 1784 consecration and the Episcopal Church's 1789 General Convention.
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Author
David Hein and Gardiner H. Shattuck Jr.
Publisher
Church Publishing
Publication Year
2004
Source Type
Tradition's own account
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Source The EpiscopaliansDavid Hein and Gardiner H. Shattuck Jr.

This source names Church of England directly: "Scottish bishops at Aberdeen after the Church of England refused him for want of an oath to the crown he could not swear as an American citizen, to the 1789 General Convention that unified the..."

Source The EpiscopaliansDavid Hein and Gardiner H. Shattuck Jr.

This source names The Episcopal Church directly: "in America series, 2004, traces the Episcopal Church from colonial Anglicanism's loss of state establishment after the American Revolution, through Samuel Seabury's 1784 consecration by non-juring..."

Source The EpiscopaliansDavid Hein and Gardiner H. Shattuck Jr.
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This source backs 24 claims across the atlas. As facts: 15 well-attested. As cited relationships: 6 holds, 1 connected. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • Sources, 10 claims: 7 well-attested, 3 holds.
  • Spread Events, 8 claims: 4 well-attested, 3 holds, 1 general references.
  • Articles, 6 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
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