St. Gregory's Episcopal Church

episcopal church boca raton florida the beginnings of the church of england(link is external), from which the episcopal church derives, date to at least the second century, when merchants and other travelers first brought christianity to england. it is customary to regard st. augustine of canterbury's mission to england in 597 as marking the formal beginning of the church under papal authority, as it was to be throughout the middle ages. in its modern form, the church dates from the english reformation of the 16th century, when royal supremacy was established and the authority of the papacy was repudiated. with the advent of british colonization, the church of england was established on every continent. in time, these churches gained their independence, but retained connections with the mother church in the anglican communion.