An Episcopal Dictionary of the Church

Episcopalian, The

Predecessor to Episcopal Life. This monthly journal began publication in Apr. 1960, and continued Forth and The Spirit of Missions. The first issue stated that it was published by the Church Magazine Advisory Board by authority of the General Convention. It continued the numbering of The Spirit of Missions, which meant that the Apr. 1960 issue was vol. 125, number 4. The last issue was published in Mar. 1990, and described itself as an independently edited, officially sponsored monthly published by the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Episcopal Church/The Episcopalian, Inc., by authority of the General Convention. See Spirit of Missions, The.

Glossary definitions provided courtesy of Church Publishing Incorporated, New York, NY,(All Rights reserved) from “An Episcopal Dictionary of the Church, A User Friendly Reference for Episcopalians,” Don S. Armentrout and Robert Boak Slocum, editors.