The Bishops of the American Church Past and Present. Sketches Biographical and Bibliographical of the Bishops of the American Church. With a Preliminary Essay on the Historic Episcopate and Documentary Annals of the Introduction of the Anglican Line

The Bishops of the American Church Past and Present by William Stevens Perry delves into the establishment of the episcopate in America by the Church of England and the Methodist superintendency. It provides detailed accounts of American Church conventions consecration of bishops and the evolution of church governance. The book offers biographical sketches of bishops from 1784 to 1888 emphasizing the apostolic succession and the role of bishops as successors of the apostles in guiding the faithful.