An Episcopal Dictionary of the Church

American Church Monthly

1) The first American Church Monthly was published in New York from Jan. 1857 until June 1858. It was edited by the Rev. Henry Norman Hudson (1814-1886), a leading Shakespearean scholar. It continued The True Catholic. 2) The second American Church Monthly began publication in Mar. 1917. It was published until Dec. 1937. It was “A Magazine of comment, criticism and review dealing with questions confronting the Anglican Communion and more especially the Church in the United States.” With the Jan. 1938 issue, the name was changed to The New American Church Monthly.

Glossary definitions provided courtesy of Church Publishing Incorporated, New York, NY,(All Rights reserved) from “An Episcopal Dictionary of the Church, A User Friendly Reference for Episcopalians,” Don S. Armentrout and Robert Boak Slocum, editors.