''The Anglican Digest'' (sometimes called TAD) is a quarterly religious magazine in the United States providing information related to

Anglicanism Anglicanism, also known as Episcopalianism in some countries, is a Western Christianity, Western Christian tradition which developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the ...

, including news, essays, book reviews, and devotional material. It is published by SPEAK, the Society for Promoting and Encouraging Arts and Knowledge (of the Church), which was founded as the Episcopal Book Club in 1953 by Howard Lane Foland, a priest of

The Episcopal Church The Episcopal Church (TEC), also known as the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America (PECUSA), is a member of the worldwide Anglican Communion, based in the United States. It is a mainline Protestant denomination and is ...

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. Since 1960, it has been based on a former

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in the

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called Hillspeak near

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. The Anglican Digest affirms a "Prayer Book Catholic" heritage but says it serves "all expressions of Anglicanism:

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, Broad, and

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." When it began in 1958, it described itself as "A quarterly miscellany reflecting the words and work of the Churches of the

Anglican Communion The Anglican Communion is a Christian Full communion, communion consisting of the Church of England and other autocephalous national and regional churches in full communion. The archbishop of Canterbury in England acts as a focus of unity, ...

: :some things old :many things new :most things borrowed :everything true." James B. Simpson became executive director after its founder retired in 1980. At that time, it reported a paid circulation of over 100,000 worldwide. By 1989, subscriptions had increased to almost 250,000 with six issues per year. However, in 2012 it reported 45,000 readers. As of 2022, TAD had not published a public statement of circulation in at least six years. Edward L. Salmon, Jr. chaired the publication's board for 41 years. After his death, his daughter, Catherine S. Salmon, and Tony Clavier served as an editorial committee. In 2020, Fred Robinson became editor.

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