EPISCOPAL CHURCH FLAG

The Episcopal Church is the official name of the Province of the Anglican Communion in the United States. The Church was organized shortly after the American Revolution when it was forced to break with the Church of England on penalty of treason as Church of England clergy were required to swear allegiance to the British monarch. Today it is divided into nine provinces and has dioceses outside the U.S. The Episcopal Diocese of the Virgin Islands encompasses both American and British territory. In keeping with Anglican tradition and theology, the Episcopal Church considers itself a via media, or middle way, between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism.