St. John's Episcopal Church

📍 Illinois, 60540 United States, Naperville, IL

AI summary — doctrinal positions on this page are inferred by AI from this church's own public statements and may be inaccurate.

Inherited from denomination

What The Episcopal Church teaches

Positions bound by the denomination's confessional standards. This is what the tradition teaches; whether this specific congregation publicly holds each is a separate question — see Statements below.

Confessional standard: Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion

Affirms

Apostolic Successionstandard
Historic episcopate — tactile line of consecration from the apostles.
Homosexual practice and biblical sexual ethicsweak
Same-sex marriage authorization implies moral affirmation.
Infant Baptismstandard
Westminster XXVIII; Book of Concord SC IV; Council of Trent Session VII; Wesleyan Articles Art. XVII
Permissibility of divorce and remarriageweak
Matthew 19:9 (adultery ground); 1 Corinthians 7:15 (abandonment ground). Practice varies.
Women in pastoral / ordained officeweak
Various denominational actions (TEC 1976, ELCA 1970s, PC(USA) 1956, AG 1935, CofE 1994 priests / 2014 bishops, etc.)

Denies

Assumption of Maryweak
Universal Protestant rejection — not attested in Scripture; not received as dogma.
Immaculate Conceptionstandard
Universal Protestant + Orthodox rejection. Orthodox reject on the grounds that they hold prepurification at the Annunciation, not conception.
Marriage as one man and one womanweak
PC(USA) 2015; ELCA 2009; TEC 2015; UMC 2024. Same-sex marriage authorized in polity.
Transubstantiationstandard
Orthodox reject the Aristotelian metaphysics; Lutherans use 'sacramental union'; 39 Articles Art. XXVIII rejects explicitly; Reformed/Baptist reject substance-change.

Wrestles with

Believer's Baptismweak
Paedobaptist bodies practice adult baptism on credible profession where infant baptism was omitted, but do not consider it normative.
Pacifism vs. just-warweak
Default just-war framework — usually unwritten. Inheriting at weak confidence.
Perpetual Virginity of Maryweak
Historically held by Luther, Calvin, Zwingli; retained as pious opinion (not binding) by confessional Lutherans and traditional Anglicans.
Real Presenceweak
Calvin's spiritual presence (genuinely present but not physically) is neither strong affirm nor deny; Anglican/Methodist typically hold a receptionist view.
Theotokosweak
Confessionally valid title (Ephesus is a received council) but not used devotionally; retained in liturgy where liturgy is retained.

In their own words

Statements

about_us

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Contact Us | St. John's Episcopal Church About Us St. John's Ministries Our Staff Contact Us Calendar Give Registration Sermons Worship About Us St. John's Ministries Our Staff Contact Us Calendar Give Registration Sermons Worship Contact Us 2707 Congress St. San Diego, CA 92110 Office Info M-F 8:00AM - 5:00PM (123) 456-7890 office@emailaddress.com Contact Us Parish Address St. John's Episcopal Church 750 Aurora Avenue Naperville, IL 60540 Parish Office Hours 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM, Mon - Th Phone (630) 355 - 0467 Email Javascript is not enabled. Please enable Javascript in your browser a

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Ministries | St. John's Episcopal Church About Us St. John's Ministries Our Staff Contact Us Calendar Give Registration Sermons Worship About Us St. John's Ministries Our Staff Contact Us Calendar Give Registration Sermons Worship Contact Us 2707 Congress St. San Diego, CA 92110 Office Info M-F 8:00AM - 5:00PM (123) 456-7890 office@emailaddress.com Ministries The St. John's community actively supports a wide range of ministry programs. There are ministries for those who wish to get involved with service to St. John's, and for those who wish to reach out to the wider community as well

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St. John's | St. John's Episcopal Church About Us St. John's Ministries Our Staff Contact Us Calendar Give Registration Sermons Worship About Us St. John's Ministries Our Staff Contact Us Calendar Give Registration Sermons Worship Contact Us 2707 Congress St. San Diego, CA 92110 Office Info M-F 8:00AM - 5:00PM (123) 456-7890 office@emailaddress.com St. John's Who we are at St. John's Episcopal Church Welcome to St. John's Episcopal Church in Naperville, Illinois. No matter what your denomination or background, whether you are exploring Christianity for the first time or are

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about_us

<!DOCTYPE html> Contact Us | St. John's Episcopal Church About Us St. John's Ministries Our Staff Contact Us Calendar Give Registration Sermons Worship About Us St. John's Ministries Our Staff Contact Us Calendar Give Registration Sermons Worship Contact Us 2707 Congress St. San Diego, CA 92110 Office Info M-F 8:00AM - 5:00PM (123) 456-7890 office@emailaddress.com Contact Us Parish Address St. John's Episcopal Church 750 Aurora Avenue Naperville, IL 60540 Parish Office Hours 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM, Mon - Th Phone (630) 355 - 0467

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about_us

<!DOCTYPE html> St. John's | St. John's Episcopal Church About Us St. John's Ministries Our Staff Contact Us Calendar Give Registration Sermons Worship About Us St. John's Ministries Our Staff Contact Us Calendar Give Registration Sermons Worship Contact Us 2707 Congress St. San Diego, CA 92110 Office Info M-F 8:00AM - 5:00PM (123) 456-7890 office@emailaddress.com St. John's Who we are at St. John's Episcopal Church Welcome to St. John's Episcopal Church in Naperville, Illinois. No matter what your denomination or background,

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about_us

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