According to Frederick Dalcho’s An historical account of the Protestant Episcopal Church in South-Carolina how many Diocesan Conventions did South Carolina have BEFORE the first General Convention of the Episcopal Church in 1789?
According to Frederick Dalcho’s An historical account of the Protestant Episcopal Church in South-Carolina how many Diocesan Conventions did South Carolina have BEFORE the first General Convention of the Episcopal Church in 1789?
I’ll take a crack at this. I think there were four diocesan conventions before the first General Convention in 1789. The first diocesan convention was in 1785.
I was thinking 3.
Milton,
You may be right if there was a year when the diocese did not meet. I must confess I’ve not read that portion of Dalcho’s history closely.
So far no correct answers. You all are being good and not using resources, etc.
I’ll take one more guess and say five diocesan conventions.
Better, but still too low
I can’t find the answer, but I found something else interesting. SC had no bishop until 1795, 6 years after the 1st GC. He died in 1801, but the diocese refused to elect a Standing Committee until 1804. The new Standing Committee elected Edward Jenkins as bishop, but he refused to be consecrated. The article I was reading then says “a lingering fear of tyrannical bishops would leave South Carolina without a bishop until 1810.” I would say not a great deal has changed since 1801!
So Kendall, what is the answer?
I apologize I havent gotten this up until now.
Correct answer is 7.