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By James Bell, J.C.D. Clark

The adventure of the King's church in Early the United States was once formed through the unfolding imperial regulations of the English govt after 1675. London-based civil and ecclesiastical officers supervised the extension and improvement of the church in a foreign country. The recruitment, appointment and monetary aid of the ministers was once guided via London officers. Transplanted to the hot global with no the normal hierarchical constitution of the church - no bishop served within the colonies in the course of the colonial interval - on the time of the yank Revolution it used to be neither an English-American, or American-English church, but transformed in a particular demeanour.

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The thrust of the new imperial policies emanating from Whitehall and the growth and expansion of the colonies unleashed battling political factions in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New York, and South Carolina: factions identified as Anglicans and non-Anglicans. Against this vibrant yet unsettled background several colonies were founded and the King’s church was introduced into a few provinces during the last quarter of the seventeenth century. In large measure the new interest by London civil and ecclesiastical leaders in the extension and development of the church in the colonies was linked to critical reports from the field.

The grant became a necessity for churchmen whether or not some or all of the men were initially instructed to keep an eye on local affairs and officials of imperial interest. In time the practice became commonplace and a necessary financial practice whether or not linked to espionage activity. 62 Possibly the procedures for paying the ministers’ transportation expenses from the Treasury’s Secret Service Account can be laid at the feet of the intrepid reconnoiterer Archbishop Sheldon, who suggested the arrangement to Compton or Danby or to both men shortly before he died in November 1677.

I turn now to an examination of the critical initial support provided by the English government for transporting ministers to the colonies, providing for the payment of their salaries, and for underwriting the costs for equipping congregations with prayer books, Bibles and the vessels for celebrating the Holy Communion. 52 The vestry matter was the first issue to be addressed by the Committee for Trade. Contrary to the traditional practices in England, the presence of delegated episcopal supervision restrained such developments although the patron of a benefice – either a bishop, collegiate proprietor, or a local squire – could and did wield dominating influence.

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