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Are African Methodist Episcopal churches Baptist?
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November 08, 2007 12:51PM
The Episcopal Church follows the via media or "middle way" between Protestantism and Roman Catholic doctrine and practices: that is both Catholic and Reformed. The Episcopal Church traces its history from the Church of England and stresses its continuity with the early universal Western church.
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Its history come from breaking away from the catholic church, but still hold on to some of their traditions.
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