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[macwilkin]

Anglican, actually. The Protestant Episcopal Church (of which members are Episcopalians) is the American unit of the Anglican communion.

They would, therefore, be members of the Church of England.

Father,

Respectfully, but Anglicans in Scotland are Episcopalians -- the proper name of the church is the Scottish Episcopal Church. The SEC and the CoE are not the same thing. The latter is the established church in the UK. The former is not in Scotland -- that is the Church of Scotland (Presbyterian). Both are members of the Communion, along with ECUSA.

Ironically, it was the SEC that is generally given credit as the "founders of the Anglican Communion", as the first American Bishop, the Rt. Rev. Samuel Seabury, was consecrated by three SEC Bishops in Aberdeen in 1784.

I know several Scottish Episcopalians who would take mild offense at being called members of the Church of England. While it is sometimes known in Scotland as "The English Church", it is anything but.

As an Anglican/Episcopalian, trust me on this.

T.