Episkopalna slobodna crkva

Protestantizam se kao termin danas koristi da se napravi razlika sa drugim pravcima u hrišćanstvu, kao što su rimokatolicizam i pravoslavlje. Mi tvrdimo da smo ona ista Slobodna protestantska episkopalna crkva, koja je osnovana 1897. godine, kao i da smo nastavili tradiciju održavanjem neprekinute istorijske veze, kroz reformaciju i Crkvu Engleske, sa Hristovom crkvom iz najranijeg hrišćanskog perioda. Slobodna protestantska episkopalna crkva je deo jedne, svete, katoličke i apostolske hrišćanske crkve. Nastavlja verovanja, načela, učenja i prakse ranih hrišćana. Reč “slobodna” u imenu crkve izražava duh originalnosti, otvorenosti i poverenja – duh prvih hrišćanskih zajednica. Ova crkva nastavlja praktikovanje osnovnih hrišćanskih tradicija, pružajući otvoreno pričešće svim krštenim hrišćanima. Važan momenat u istoriji naše crkve predstavlja priznavanje Slobodne protestantske episkopalne crkve, od strane Britanske vlade, kao legalne denominacije organizovane u skladu sa zakonom. Do toga je došlo nakon što je istraženo poreklo crkvenih naloga i službi koje se koriste za ređenja i posvećenja, a koji se zasnivaju na Knjizi zajedničke molitve iz 1662. godine. Ova crkva se nalazi pod duhovnom nadležnošću episkopa koji se smatra za „prvog među jednakima“ i očekivana je kanonska poslušnost. Postoji običaj da svi episkopi i vođe kolegijuma najmanje jednom mesečno obaveštavaju ovog „prvog “ episkopa o svim svojim eparhijskim aktivnostima.

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HISTORY OF THE CHURCH:

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Succession of primuses

• Leon Chechemian(“Mar Leon”) (lived 1848- 1920) served as primus of FPEC from the formation of FPEC on 2 November 1897 until 30 December 1900
• Charles Isaac Stevens (“Mar Theophilus I”) (second patriarch of the Ancient British Church, from 1889 onwards) (lived 1835-1917) served as primus of FPEC from 30 December 1900 until his death on 2 February 1917
• James Martin (“Mar Jacobus I Antipas”) (third patriarch of the Ancient British Church) (lived 1843-1919) served as primus of FPEC from 1917 until his death on 29 October 1919
• Andrew Charles Albert McLagan (“Mar Andries I”) (fourth patriarch of the Ancient British Church) (lived 1851-1928) served as primus of FPEC from 1919 until his death on 16 October 1928
• Herbert James Monzani-Heard (“Mar Jacobus II”) (fifth patriarch of the Ancient British Church)(lived 1861-1947) served as primus of FPEC from 1930 until 18 May 1939 (continued as patriarch of the Ancient British Church until 29 January 1945)
• William Hall (lived 1890-1959) served from 18 May 1945 until his death on 9 October 1959
• Charles Dennis Boltwood (lived 1889-1985) had been elected (circa 1951/1954) to succeed Wm Hall. However, Boltwood did not actually become primus until Hall’s death on 9 October 1959, then serving until 17 October 1978
• Albert John Fuge (Snr) (lived 1911-1982) served from 1978 until his death on 30 April 1982 (Note: Horst Block led as schismatic group from circa 1978 until his death in 2008; Peter Leers then led this group until the schism was healed in 2011)
• Charles Dennis Boltwood served pro-tem as ‘Primus-Emeritus’ for an interim period of nine weeks from Fuge’s death on 30 April 1982 until 7 July 1982
• Charles Kennedy Moffatt (lived 1907-1989) served from 7 July 1982 until his death on 7 November 1989
• Edwin Duane Follick (born 1935) was the senior serving bishop at the time of Moffatt’s death. In 1994, Follick was recognised as Primus and as having been Primus from 7 November 1989. Follick retired on 5 February 2015.
• Richard Arthur Palmer from 5 February 2015
• Ricardo Lorite de Lima from 10 March 2025