Eternal God, who didst bless thy servant Samuel Seabury with the gift of perseverance to renew the Anglican inheritance in North America; Grant that, joined together in unity with our bishops and nourished by thy holy Sacraments, we may proclaim the Gospel of redemption with apostolic zeal; through Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Today the Church of England commemorates Samuel Seabury, first Anglican Bishop in North America, 1796
Seabury was consecrated bishop in Aberdeen in 1784 in the Scottish Episcopal Church, as, unlike the CofE at the time, it required no oath of allegiance to the crown pic.twitter.com/ir4MxEcz8b
— The Anglican Church in St Petersburg (@anglicanspb) November 14, 2020