Church of England n. The national church of England, established in 1534 by Henry VIII's rejection of papal authority. The Church of England retains a liturgy and episcopal structure adapted from those of the Roman Catholic Church. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth ...
Almighty and everlasting God, whose will it is to restore all things in your well-beloved Son, the King of kings and Lord of lords: Mercifully grant that the peoples of the earth, divided and enslaved by sin, may be freed and brought together under his most gracious rule; who lives and...
The main reason that I am fully egalitarian is that I do not find any of the scriptures used by complementarianism to subjugate women to be compelling. (If you take this as permission to mansplain to me why I am wrong, save your writing. I’ve heard all the arguments and the exegesis...
church [probably Gr.,=divine], aggregation of Christian believers. The traditional belief has the church the community of believers, living and dead, headed by Jesus, who founded it in the apostles. This is the doctrine of the mystical body of Christ (Eph. 1.22–23). Some divisions speak ...
True Christianity is an opportunity given to all of God's children regardless of race or region. True Christianity has been and continues to be a very real positive force in our world, regardless of the sect, order or denomination which spreads the good word in the name of Jesus Christ. ...
The Christian Church began in the 1st century CE, following the life, death, and resurrection ofJesus Christ. The apostles, notablyPeterand Paul, played significant roles in spreadingChristianity. Persecution by theRoman Empirewas common during this period, but Christianity continued to grow. ...
‘finger,’ to the interpretive doctrine, it has not really arrived at its goal; thus it is not yet actually faith. Faith is the encounter with Him, Himself, but it is not submission to a doctrine about Him, whether it be the doctrine of the Church, or that of the Apostles and ...
the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen. *this does not refer to a denomination, but the institution of Church Jesus founded. Our Core Values We believe the style of our worship, the charisma of our pastor, the ...
Pastor of Youth and Young Families @ Grace Presbyterian Church In Davidsonville Davidsonville , Maryland|26 Dec 2024Full Time Browse All Jobs POPULAR CHURCH JOBS & PASTOR JOBS And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; ...
In Acts of the Apostles, however, ekklesia is used three times in a more or less ordinary secular sense, though perhaps ironically. The top portion of a statue of Artemis of Ephesus. The context for this usage is Paul’s ministry in Ephesus (a city in what is now western Turkey). For...