[Petrosius]

The Episcopal [i.e. the Bishops'] Church it the American branch of the Anglican Communion. The name was changed after the American Revolution; it was not considered wise at the time to be called the Church of England!

[Sam Gamgee]

That does make sense. In Canada, we just have Anglican churches, and I have never heard of such a thing in the US. The fact that some Anglican churches in Canada want to ordain gay ministers makes more sense knowing that it was the Episcopalians that went through the controversy in the US.

Those that refer to the supporters of the Church of England in Cromwell's time as Episcopalians of course got me really confused.