Description of the animation: The symbolism of the Episcopal church flag is derivative of the symbolism found on their shield. This logo was adopted in 1940. The red, white and blue colors come from the American Episcopal Church which was separated from the mother Church of England in 1789. These are the same colors found on the American flag as well. Many of the American early colonists were members of the Episcopal church, including the first American President, George Washington.
The red cross represents the St. George, the patron saint of the Church of England and also the colony of Georgia and the nine smaller crosses included on the field of blue refer to the nine dioceses that gathered in the city of Philadelphia to ratify the first constitution of the Independent Protestant Episcopal Church of North America.
The smaller "X" shaped crosses also served as reminders of Scotland's role in the American election of Bishop Samuel Seabury. Read more about the flag . . .
The Episcopal Church (TEC), less commonly known by its other official title, the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America (PECUSA or ECUSA), is the United States-based member church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. It is a Christian church divided into nine provinces and has dioceses in the U.S., Taiwan, Micronesia, the Caribbean, Central and South America, as well as the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe and the Navajoland Area Mission. The current Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church is the Most Reverend Michael Bruce Curry, the first African American primate in the Anglican Communion.
The Episcopal Church describes itself as being Reformed and "Protestant, Yet Catholic".
In 2013, the Episcopal Church had 2,009,084 baptized members, of whom
1,866,758 were in the U.S. In 2011, it was the nation's 14th largest
denomination. The church's official liturgy and theology are found in the 1979 edition of the Book of Common Prayer (BCP). Read more . . .
All flag animations are made by the staff at our blog and are
created with graphics attributed to the public domain at both Wikipedia
and by some visitors that have requested that flag animations be made
for their own Denominations or church groups.
To read about how we make the flags go the the index page. To request animated flags for your own church:
- Visit your churches denominational pages to request that they contact our gallery staff via email to make inquiries about including their own versions on our web pages. Many logos are copyrighted and are only free to use under special permissions. So if you do not see your Denomination's flag represented here, it may be because it has not been filed at Wikipedia under "fair use" or tagged as public domain.
- If your flag design is for a church youth group or a missions organization we will make the animation for you. However, if we make it, it will be included on this blog for others to download.
- There are no fees for the making of flag animations.
- You may contact Kathy Grimm at pickandprintgallery@yahoo.com and she will pass on the information.
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