Writing Style Guide Glossary

No hyphen.

Short quotation at the beginning of an article; sometimes these are used at the start of Episcopal Church department newsletters. Per…

When a quote is being used as an epigraph at the beginning of a work, no quotation marks are needed; use an em dash before the citation…

Episcopal is the adjective; use Episcopalian only as a noun referring to a member of The Episcopal Church: She is an Episcopalian, and she…

Refers to the headquarters for The Episcopal Church, located in New York City, where the fiduciary responsibilities for the Domestic and…

Or, the Executive Council of The Episcopal Church.

The T in “the” before Episcopal Church is capitalized. This is a trademarked name.

Avoid using this at the end of lists. Supply as many specific examples as possible and then stop.

Titles of special events are enclosed in quotes with primary words capitalized. Names of annually recurring events are capitalized without…