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History of Christianity Jesus of Nazareth The Apostles Ecumenical councils Great Schism The Crusades Reformation The Trinity God the Father Christ the Son The Holy Spirit The Bible Old Testament New Testament Apocrypha The Gospels Ten Commandments Sermon on the Mount Christian theology Salvation · Grace Christian worship Christian Church Catholicism Orthodox Christianity Protestantism Christian denominationsIncluding:

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• Christian denomination - Uncategorized
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• Christian denomination - Related Independent Religions

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Christianity has not been a monolithic faith since the first century, if ever, and today there exist a large variety of groups that share a common history and tradition within and without mainstream Christianity. Since Christianity is the largest religion in the world (making approximately one-third of the population), it is necessary to understand the various faith traditions in terms of commonali ...

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A religious denomination, (also simply denomination) is a large, long-established subgroup within a religion that has existed for many years. The term is frequently used to describe the different Christian churches (Eastern Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism and the many varieties of Protestantism); it is also used to describe the four organised branches of Judaism (Orthodox, Conservative, Reform and Reconstructionist), and (less often, though it would not be inappropriate) ...

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The First Church of Christ, Scientist, often known as The Christian Science Church or simply Christian Science, is a Christian denomination with about 2,000 branches (local churches) in over 70 countries, with The First Church of Christ, Scientist being the headquarters of all the denomination's activities. Christian Science does not have theologians or divinity schools; it does ...

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• Church of Christ, Scientist - Theology
• Church of Christ, Scientist - Spiritual healing in the material world
• Church of Christ, Scientist - Organization
• Church of Christ, Scientist - Recent history
• Church of Christ, Scientist - Notable Christian-Scientists
• Church of Christ, Scientist - Public controversy

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A Disciple (from the Latin discipulus, a pupil) is one who receives instruction from another; a scholar; a learner; especially, a follower who has learned to believe in the truth of the doctrine of his teacher, and implies that the pupil is under the discipline of, and "understands", his teacher; an adherent in doctrine.[1] Disciple should not be confused with apostle, meaning "one who is sent" or "ambassador". While a disciple is one who learns from a teacher, an apostle is sent on a mission ...

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• Disciple - Uses of Disciple
• Disciple - Followers of Jesus of Nazareth
• Disciple - As named in the Gospel of Luke

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United / Uniting Churches are churches that unite different protestant assemblies under the roof of one organisation. To explain this in more detail, the example of Germany helps. The Evangelical Church in Germany is a federation of Lutheran, Reformed, and other Protestant confessions. They form a united body to be more present in the media, more powerful as a group in relation to government, ...

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The Vineyard Movement is a combination renewal and church planting movement which can also be considered a Christian denomination. While often considered charismatic, some members prefer the term empowered evangelicals (a reference to the book Empowered Evangelicals by Vineyard pastors Rich Nathan and Ken Wilson) to reflect their roots in traditional Evangelicalism, as opposed to historic Pentecostalism (though members sometimes describe themselves as the radical middle between the two, this comes from the book The Qu ...

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• One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church - Conflicting boundaries and definitions
• One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church - Meaning of the words catholic and apostolic
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• One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church - apostolic

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The Waldensians are a Christian denomination believing in poverty and austerity, founded around 1173, promoting true poverty, public preaching and the literal interpretation of the scriptures. Declared heretical, the movement was brutally persecuted by the Roman Catholic church during the 12th and 13th centuries and nearly totally destroyed, but the Waldensian Church survives to this day. There are two prevailing theories about the identity and origin of the Waldensians. Their own claim is that their history extends back to the ...

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• Waldensians - Seen as schism and heretics
• Waldensians - Assessment in later Protestantism
• Waldensians - Modern Waldensians
• Waldensians - In Italy
• Waldensians - In the United States of America
• Waldensians - In South America
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A Moravian can be: an ethnic group inhabiting Moravia a Christian denomination historically, the name of the inhabitants and/or the leading social group of Great Moravia Other related archivesChristian denomination, Great Moravia, Moravia, ethnic group

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Robert Harold Schuller (born September 16, 1926) is an American televangelist known around the world through his weekly broadcast The Hour of Power. Schuller was born in Alton, Iowa and, after finishing his studies at Hope College and Western Theological Seminary, was ordained as a minister in the Reformed Church in America. He worked in Chicago before moving to Garden Grove, California where, after humble beginnings, the Garden Grove Community Church was ope ...

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Churchianity is a pejorative term used to describe practices of Christianity that are viewed as placing a larger emphasis on the institutional traditions of a specific Christian denomination than on the teachings of Jesus Christ. Other related archivesChristian denomination, Christianity, Jesus Christ, institutional

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The First Church of Christ, Scientist, often known as The Christian Science Church or simply Christian Science, is a Christian denomination with about 2,000 branches (local churches) in over 70 countries, with The First Church of Christ, Scientist being the headquarters of all the denomination's activities. Christian Science does not have theologians or divinity schools; it does ...

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• Church of Christ Scientist - Theology and healing
• Church of Christ Scientist - Origins and early development
• Church of Christ Scientist - Theology
• Church of Christ Scientist - Spiritual healing in the material world
• Church of Christ Scientist - Organization
• Church of Christ Scientist - Recent history
• Church of Christ Scientist - Notable Christian-Scientists
• Church of Christ Scientist - Public controversy

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Non-denominational Christian churches are almost exclusively derived from the Protestant movement, as a fundamental part of Catholicism is unity. In the United States, the number of evangelical non-denominational churches (often included in the category of American Protestantism) has increased exponentially since the late 1950s. Many historians of American religion cite after-effects of the Scopes Trial and baby boomers, as well as the higher standard of living available in the United States, and the movement away from authori ...

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In the United Kingdom there is no standard nomenclature; each university determines the name of its divinity school according to historic precedent and individual policy. The majority of schools in the United Kingdom are independent of direct control by a Church, though some maintain links with historic sponsors. The following lists the names of various divinity schools in the United Kingdom: Divinity school - England. Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge See also:

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Vineyard Movement - Statement of Faith. For most of the early life of the Vineyard Movement, Vineyard churches had no official statement of faith. This should not be interpreted, however, as an absence of a common belief structure. Rather, the primary reasons such a statement of faith was absent were the demonstrative teaching of primary founder John Wimber, who effectively set the tone and doctrinal beliefs of the Movement, and a desire to reflect the "low-key," "low-pressure" environment of the church that emph ...

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At 13 he worked with his uncle as a tar boy and general hand on sheep stations, and he lived with the shearers. He worked hard and had a cheerful disposition. This annoyed one of the shearers so much that he challenged Doug to a fight, with the loser to hand over one weeks pay (30 shillings - $3). After six rounds the shearer who challenged him conceded defeat. Douglas Nicholls - Sportsman. He played Australian Rules Football, he was recruited by the Carlton Football Club in the Victorian Football League b ...

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Roman Catholicism first came to the territories now forming the United States with the Spanish explorers and settlers in present-day Florida (1513) and the southwest. The first Christian worship service held in the current United States was a Catholic Mass celebrated in St. Augustine, Florida. The influence of the Alta California missions (1769 and onwards) forms a lasting memorial to part of this heritage. Catholicism received a boost with the settling of Maryland (1634): this colony offered a rare example of the Catholic-oriented re ...

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Roman Catholicism in the United States, Roman Catholicism in the United States - Statistics, Roman Catholicism in the United States - History, Roman Catholicism in the United States - Dioceses

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To date the Reformed Episcopal Church has over 100 parishes in the United States and Canada, as well as members in Germany, Brazil and Liberia. Membership currently numbers approximately 11,000. The denomination operates three seminaries: the Reformed Episcopal Seminary in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania; Cummins Theological Seminary in Summerville, South Carolina; and Cranmer Theological House in Houston, Texas. The denomination does not ordain women as bishops, presby ...

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Disciple may refer to: the followers of any teacher (e.g. the disciples of Plato) the followers of Jesus of Nazareth While the twelve apostles are the most well known group of people who were identified as disciples of Jesus, there were others: a much larger group of people were identified as disciples in the opening of the passage of the sermon on the plain (an abbreviated Sermon on the Mount) that begins in Luke 6:17. the twelve disciples of Jesus sent o ...

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Disciple, Disciple - Uses of Disciple, Disciple - Followers of Jesus of Nazareth, Disciple - As named in the Gospel of Luke

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