Church, Holiness Organized in California in 1896 under the leadership of Reverend Hardin Wallace, a minister of the Free Methodist Church. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Church History
Church history The record or narrative of the origin and internal and external development of the religious, society founded by Jesus Christ. It forms the most valuable part of history, since it deals with the vicissitudes of the Church of Christ, the greatest institution ever established to lead men to salvation. As universal history deals … Continue reading “Church History”
CHURCH, HIGH
CHURCH, HIGH See HIGH CHURCH. Fuente: Theological Dictionary
CHURCH, GREEK or EASTERN
CHURCH, GREEK or EASTERN Comprehends the churches of all the countries anciently subject to the Greek or Eastern empire, and through which their language was carried; that is, all the space extended from Greece to Mesopotamia and Persia, and thence into Egypt. This church has been divided from the Roman even since the time of … Continue reading “CHURCH, GREEK or EASTERN”
Church, Greek
Church, Greek A term very commonly misapplied, in referring to the 17 Orthodox Churches, or even to all the Eastern Churches. Properly, it belongs only to the schismatic church of modern Greece , or at most to the very few Eastern Churches whose members are mainly Greeks (Greece , Constantinople , Cyprus). Fuente: New Catholic … Continue reading “Church, Greek”
Church Government
Church Government Christ left a small body of disciples under the direction of the apostles, with a charge to convert the world; but He gave nothing which can be called either a constitution or a code, and He explained the commandments as giving principles, not rules. About the development of a constitution we know little; … Continue reading “Church Government”
Church, German Reformed
Church, German Reformed SEE GERMAN REFORMED CHURCH. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Church, Gallican
CHURCH, GALLICAN Denotes the ci-devant church of France under the government of its respective bishops and pastors. This church always enjoyed certain franchises and immunities, not as grants from popes, but as derived to her from her first original, and which she took care never to relinquish. These liberties depended upon two maxims; the first, … Continue reading “Church, Gallican”
Church, French Reformed
Church, French Reformed SEE FRANCE, REFORMED CHURCH OF. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Church, feudalism and the
Church, feudalism and the When the Church turned from the Roman Empire to the nations of the West and gradually fashioned a civilization out of barbarian chaos, she earned the gratitude of kings and emperors who endowed her with vast property, although often as fiefs. It was in this manner that the Church took its … Continue reading “Church, feudalism and the”