Search results for "Christian denomination" - New World Encyclopedia

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  • texts of wisdom found in Gnostic and Christian sects. Over time, the term ... by a variety of influences in the Christian church. All claims to the ...
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  • The Epistle of James is a book in the Christian New Testament. The ... attitude toward salvation than some other Christian works, especially the letters ...
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  • In the Christian tradition, some of the arguments between Jesus and ... with every moment of one's life. The Christian version of this commandment ...
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  • with Thomas Helwys of the modern Baptist denomination, Ordained as an Anglican Priest, he soon identified with the Separatists who opposed State control ...
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  • missionaries wanted to persuade to become Christian represented a respect for ... Ryland and committed himself to the Baptist denomination. ...
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  • The largest Pentecostal denomination in existence today is the Assemblies ... in the Book of Acts, is necessary for Christian growth and empowerment ...
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  • adopted in the early centuries of the Christian era for the Sacrament of ... Eucharist has long been at the center of Christian worship. In general, the ...
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  • A deacon is a Christian church office generally associated with service ... laity, and its exact functions vary by denomination. Some denominations do ...
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  • a school in which 40 Jewish and 20 Christian children were to be educated ... in Seesen an orphan asylum for Jewish and Christian boys. ...
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  • In 1827, when the Quaker denomination divided over doctrinal differences, Mott and her husband became supporters of Elias Hicks, who founded ...
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  • countries more than one religion or denomination has such standing. There ... The degree and nature of state backing for a denomination or creed ...
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  • from rationalist skepticism to fervent Christian faith, and applied his ... New York City and Boston. By now wealthy Christian laymen were in his support ...
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  • Helmut Richard Niebuhr (1894 – 1962) was an American Christian ethicist ... Hulda was for many years a professor of Christian education at McCormick ...
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  • especially and primarily within the Christian faith. The "Ecumenical ... of Roman Emperors to clarify matters of Christian theology and doctrine. ...
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  • ==Precursors to Christian sacraments== and celebration. In the subsequent Christian celebration of the Eucharist ...
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  • In ecclesiology, the Christian Church is what different Christian ... does not refer to a particular Christian denomination, but includes all ...
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  • Protestantism encompasses forms of Christian faith and practice that ... exist within each group, and not every denomination fits neatly into these ...
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  • of Discipleship have become classics of Christian literature, criticizing ... The theological and political reasons behind his shift from Christian ...
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  • charged with heresy by opponents in the denomination, a case settled when Fosdick ... Allee" in 1959 in the presence of Christian Herter, Dulles' successor ...
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  • {{Infobox Christian denomination |name = The Salvation Army ... The Salvation Army is a Christian church and international charitable ...
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