In 1977 an international
congress of nearly 2,000 Anglican bishops, clergy and lay people met in
St. Louis, Missouri, to take the actions necessary to establish an
orthodox jurisdiction in which traditional Anglicanism would be
maintained, by returning to the fullness of the Faith of the undivided
Catholic Church. Acting according to the principles determined by the
seven great Ecumenical Councils of the ancient Church and adopting
initially the name "Anglican Church of North America," they placed
themselves under the jurisdiction of the retired Episcopal bishop of
Springfield, Illinois, the Right Reverend Albert Chambers.
