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Definition: Christian Church |
Christian ChurchNoun1. A group of Christians; any group professing Christian doctrine or belief; "the church is debating the issue of women priests". 2. A Protestant church that accepts the Bible as the only source of true Christian faith and practices baptism by immersion. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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In practice the monolithic "Christian Church" has fragmented almost from its beginnings. Over the centuries into many individual Christian churches have emerged, each functioning in their own institutional manner and often viewing each other as sectarian or heretical. Thus definitions of the one "true" Christian Church may vary widely.
Compare and contrast Christendom, the Church Militant and ecumenism.
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Synonym: Christian ChurchSynonym: church (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Christian Church |
| English words defined with "Christian church": Altar cloth, Altar cushion, Angelic Hymn, Antenicene, Apostolic church ♦ basilica ♦ canon, Canon law, cathedral, Catholic Church, Church Father, Church of Rome, clergyman, Congregational Christian Church, Coptic Church ♦ ecclesiastic, ecclesiastical, ecclesiastical law, eparchy, evangelical ♦ father ♦ guardian angel ♦ Heracleonite ♦ man of the cloth, Monarchian ♦ receive, reverend, Roman Catholic, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Church, rubric ♦ Sacrarium, Simonian ♦ Transfiguratien, tribune ♦ United Church of Christ ♦ Western Church. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Christian church": Aquarians ♦ CLERGY MEMBER ♦ Epistles ♦ Hermensul, Hierapolis ♦ Melchisedeoians ♦ Palace, Patri-Passians ♦ Relics. (references) |
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 | First Christian Church, Santa Ana, California. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Ruins of a Christian church, island of Saye, Ethiopia / Frith. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | National City Christian Church. Exterior of National City Christian Church from across street. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Rockville Christian Church. Exterior of Rockville Christian Church. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Ladies class, First Christian Church Sunday School, Canton, Ohio, June 7, 1914. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Mens class, First Christian Church Sunday School, Canton, Ohio, June 7, 1912 [sic]. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Civil Liberties | Tajikistan | For example, in the spring, there were reports that local authorities in the city of Qurghanteppa (also, Kurgan-Tyube) prevented a Christian church from registering. (references) |
Turkey | In November there were press reports that a Syriac Christian church in Harput, Elazig province, was reopened after 51 years; it is the second oldest church in the country. (references) | |
India | Speaking at the rally, RSS chief K.S. Sudarshan sparked controversy when he called for banning foreign churches and creating a national Christian Church based on the Chinese model. (references) | |
Economic History | Syria | Syria is significant in the history of Christianity; Paul was converted on the road to Damascus and established the first organized Christian Church at Antioch in ancient Syria, from which he left on many of his missionary journeys. (references) |
Minorities | Ghana | In 2000 members of the Christo Asafo Christian Church clashed with members of the Boade Baaka traditional shrine at Taifa, Greater Accra Region. (references) |
Russia | On April 17 in Chekhov, in the Moscow oblast, unknown perpetrators threw a Molotov cocktail through the window of the home where an evangelical Christian church meets, burning down the building. (references) | |
Political Economy | Sudan | In April Christian church authorities invited a German evangelist to address a rally in central Khartoum to celebrate Easter Mass and secured appropriate permits for the rally. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | PALACE, n. A fine and costly residence, particularly that of a great official. The residence of a high dignitary of the Christian Church is called a palace; that of the Founder of his religion was known as a field, or wayside. There is progress. |
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Expression using "Christian church": congregational Christian Church. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "Christian church"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 教會 . (various references) | |
Pig Latin | istianchray urchchay.(various references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-c-h-h-h-i-i-n-r-r-s-t-u" | |
-5 letters: antichurch. | |
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