The faith and practice of the early Church in the first millennium provide the foundation for how we worship still. As this new church unfolded in those first thousand years, it was shaped through the apostolic orders of ministry: bishops, priests, and deacons, an emphasis on the seven biblical Sacraments, a reverence for the early Church fathers–those men who came immediately after the original Apostles, the canon of Scripture, the Creeds and Councils. The word ‘Anglican’ means England. Christ’s Church, for us, is deeply rooted in the first centuries of Britain, and the historical implications of Protestantism. While our Catholic heritage has been retained from the first millennium, we have been further shaped by the primacy of Scripture, common worship in the vernacular, and an emphasis on bible study, evangelism, and the understanding of salvation by God’s grace. In short, we profess the orthodox Christian Faith as revealed to the Apostles, recorded in Holy Scripture, enshrined in the three Creeds and the Seven Ecumenical Councils of the ancient undivided Church, and received through the Church of England.