Une Eglise épiscopale sans évêques : paradoxes et mutations de l'Eglise d'Angleterre dans les colonies nord-américaines

Abstract

In British North America, the nature and growth of the Church of England was conditioned by specific circumstances, not the least of which being the absence of a resident bishop. This bishop-less Episcopalian Church was also unusually dependent on civilian power and, to make things worse, was globally a minority church. This essay seeks to discuss the characteristics of what has been termed colonial Anglicanism from the foundation of Virginia to the 1750s.