The beginning of the Episcopal Religion?

duplicate question.

This site and links should answer:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_England

The Episcopal church is a denomination of Christianity, not a
religion.  In particular it is a member of the worldwide Anglican
Communion.  Myoarin's link discusses this in more detail.

Some additional useful links on Episcopal and Anglican religious
history, theological thought, and contemporary sources are:

http://www.anglicansonline.org/resources/index.html   ---Anglicans
Online, the unoffical but wonderful online source for all things
Anglican/Episcopalian with 10,000 links and updated weekly.

http://www.ecusa.anglican.org/                        ---The official
site for the Episcopal Church USA

http://anglicancommunion.org/index.cfm                ---The Portal
Site for the Worldwide Anglican Communiom

http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bcp/england.htm  ---The Book of
Common Prayer (BCP) throughout the World.

http://www.cofe.anglican.org/                         ---The Church of
England offical Site

http://www.anglicansonline.org/communion/nic.html     ---Churches "not
in the Communion" in the interest of balanced information on Anglican
Churches and Thought.

http://www.us.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Bibles/StudyBibles/NewRevisedStandardVersion/~~/dmlldz11c2EmY2k9OTc4MDE5NTI4NDc4Mg==
---Oxford University Press Bible Translation most often utilized for
liturgical readings in the USA and England.

http://www.anglicancommunion.org/aw/index.cfm         ---Anglican
World, the Anglican Communion Offical Site.

That is likely enough resources for now.  LOL.  

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