First General Convention of the Episcopal Church

The First General Convention of The Episcopal Church was held in 1785. ^[1]

First General Convention of the Episcopal Church

Date	September 27 – October 7, 1785 (1785-09-27 – 1785-10-07)
Duration	10 days
Venue	Christ Church, Philadelphia
Location	Philadelphia, PA
Type	General Convention of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America
Organised by	The Episcopal Church
Participants	House of Bishops, House of Deputies

Summary of events

The 1785 General Convention of the Episcopal Church marked the first gathering of the newly formed denomination in the United States, where representatives from several states convened to establish the church's structure, officially naming it the "Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America" and authorizing the creation of an American Prayer Book; this convention also set up a governing body with two houses, the House of Bishops and the House of Deputies, which remains the structure of the General Convention today. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Dioceses Represented

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• Delaware
• New York
• New Jersey
• Pennsylvania
• South Carolina
• Virginia

See also

• General Convention of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America

References

1. "Journal of a Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the States of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and South Carolina" (PDF).
2. "Secretary of the General Convention". General Convention of the Episcopal Church.
3. Armentrout, Don S. (2000). An Episcopal Dictionary of the Church. Church Publishing. p. 221. ISBN   978-0-89869-211-2.
4. Prichard, Robert W. (1985). "The Making of the Protestant Episcopal Church". Historical Magazine of the Protestant Episcopal Church. 54 (3): 233–245.
5. General Convention 1785. "About".
6. Manross, William Wilson (1950). A History of the American Episcopal Church. Morehouse-Gorham. p. 112.
7. Griswold, Frank (1998). "The Formation of the Episcopal Church in America". Anglican and Episcopal History. 67 (1): 15–30.