Encyclopedia - Soka Gakkai International: Encyclopedia Ii - Soka Gakkai International - Excommunication
The fundamental practice of Soka Gakkai and SGI members is derived from Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism, a form of Nichiren Buddhism. However, d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mary Mackillop: Encyclopedia Ii - Mary Mackillop - Excommunication
In 1871, Mary was wrongly excommunicated by Bishop Sheil, who was against most of the things she had fought for, on the grounds that 'she...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Excommunication: Encyclopedia - Excommunication
Excommunication is a religious censure which is used to deprive or suspend membership in a religious community. The word literally means ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Excommunication: Encyclopedia Ii - Excommunication - Christianity
Excommunication - Anathema. The biblical form of excommunication is to declare one anathema. The difference between an anathema and exc...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Excommunication: A Christian Theological Dictionary On Excommunication
A Christian theological definition of Excommunication according to CARM - The Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry:   ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Excommunication: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Excommunication
Excommunication A religious sanction that removes an individual from the ritual and social community of the church when that member ha...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Druids: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Druids
Druids Members of a priestly hierarchy among the ancient Celts of Britain, Gaul, and Ireland, composed of the three Orders of Druids, ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Disfellowshipping: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Disfellowshipping
Disfellowshipping As practiced by the Mormons and many other groups, this is a level of church discipline involving a probationary per...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apostasy: Encyclopedia - Apostasy
Apostasy (αποστασις, in classical Greek a defection or revolt from a military commander, from απο, apo, "away, apart", στα...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apostasy: Encyclopedia Ii - Apostasy - In Purported Cults And New Religious Movements Nrms
Some scholars of new religious movements define as apostates specifically those individuals that leave new religious movements and become...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Church Of Christ: Encyclopedia - Church Of Christ
The Churches of Christ are autonomous Christian congregations. In the United States, for the most part the churches' roots can be traced ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apostasy: Encyclopedia Ii - Apostasy - In Islam
In Islam, apostasy is called "ridda" ("turning back") and it is considered by Muslims to be a profound insult. A person born of Muslim pa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apostasy: Encyclopedia Ii - Apostasy - Noted Apostates
This is a list of some notable persons that have been labelled an apostate by a notable source, regardless whether they fit any of the me...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apostasy: Encyclopedia Ii - Apostasy - In Judaism
The term apostasy is also derived from Greek ἀποστάτης, meaning "political rebel," as applied to rebellion against God, its law...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apostasy: Encyclopedia Ii - Apostasy - In Christianity
Christians often quote the prophecy in 2 Thessalonians about a coming apostasy: "Let no one in any way deceive you, for that day cannot ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apostasy: Encyclopedia Ii - Apostasy - Sociological Definitions
The American sociologist David G. Bromley defined the apostate role as follows and distinguished it from the defector and whistleblower r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apostasy: Encyclopedia Ii - Apostasy - In International Law
The United Nations Commission on Human Rights, considers the recanting of a person's religion a human right legally protected by the Inte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Covenant-breaker: Encyclopedia - Covenant-breaker
The Báb · Abdu'l-Bahá Kitáb-i-Aqdas · Kitáb-i-Íqán The Hidden Words Administrative Order The Guardian Universal House of Justice ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoreh De'ah: Encyclopedia - Yoreh De'ah
Yoreh De'ah is a section of Rabbi Jacob ben Asher's compilation of halakha (Jewish law), Arba'ah Turim. This section treats all aspects o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shunning: Encyclopedia - Shunning
Shunning is the act of deliberately avoiding association with an individual or group. The historical punishments of ostracism and exile w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Open Communion: Encyclopedia Ii - Open Communion - Affirmation
Some denominations, like the United Methodist Church, offer communion to anyone, regardless of their religion. Other churches allow membe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Church Of Christ: Encyclopedia Ii - Church Of Christ - Specific Teachings And Prohibitions
Churches of Christ mostly agree with the theology of other conservative Evangelical Christian groups, believing in Jesus as the Son of Go...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Religious Topics: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Religious Topics - List Of Lists
Ayyavazhi Religion - Bible stories - Biblical names - Born-again Christian laypeople - Buddhist terms and concepts - Cathedrals - Ch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Articles About Mormonism: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Articles About Mormonism - Category:mormonism In General As A Religion
Church of Christ (Mormonism), Latter-day Saint, Latter Day Saint, Latter Day Saint movement, Mormon, Mormonism, Mormonism and Christianit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Covenant-breaker: Encyclopedia Ii - Covenant-breaker - Categorization
Covenant-breaker - Included categories of people. While most Covenant-breakers are involved in schismatic groups, that is not always th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Covenant-breaking In Shoghi Effendi's Immediate Family: Encyclopedia Ii - Covenant-breaking In Shoghi Effendi's Immediate Family - Covenant-breaking
Covenant-breakers are those who claim to be Bahá'ís but who deny the legitimacy of `Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi (the Guardian) or the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Historical Shi'a-sunni Relations: Encyclopedia Ii - Historical Shi'a-sunni Relations - Shia Positions
The following represent solely Shia arguments against perceived Sunni persecution: Shias claim that The House of Saud has made no secret...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shunning: Encyclopedia Ii - Shunning - Shunning In Christian Denominations
Several passages in the New Testament suggest shunning as a practice of early Christians, and are cited as such by its modern-day practit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Articles About Mormonism: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Articles About Mormonism - Category:latter Day Saint Texts
Apocrypha, Articles of Faith, Articles of the Church of Christ, Book of Abraham, Book of Commandments, Book of Mormon, Book of Moses, Doc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Articles About Mormonism: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Articles About Mormonism - Category:latter Day Saint Doctrines Beliefs And Practices
Adamic language, pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact, Angel, LDS Apostates, Authority_and_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Articles About Mormonism: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Articles About Mormonism - Category:latter Day Saint History
1890 Manifesto, Amboy Conference, Authoritarianism and Mormonism, Beehive, Blacks and Mormonism, Burned-over district, Cart, Council of F...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Articles About Mormonism: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Articles About Mormonism - Category:latter Day Saints
List of articles about Mormonism - Category:Notable people in Latter Day Saint history. A - M: Leonard J. Arrington, Lilburn Boggs, Gu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Open Communion: Encyclopedia Ii - Open Communion - Practitioners
Most Protestant and Independent Christian churches practice open communion. It is official policy in the United Methodist Church, Episcop...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shunning: Encyclopedia Ii - Shunning - Shunning In The Bahá'í Faith
Members of the Bahá'í Faith are expected to shun those that have been declared Covenant-breakers by the head of their faith. These are ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Covenant-breaking In Shoghi Effendi's Immediate Family: Encyclopedia Ii - Covenant-breaking In Shoghi Effendi's Immediate Family - Covenant-breaking In Shoghi Effendi's Immediate Family
In her biography Priceless Pearl, his wife Ruhiyyih Rabbani writes: "The Guardian told me once the Master came to him in the drawing roo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Church Of Christ: Encyclopedia Ii - Church Of Christ - Church Organization
There is no headquarters for the Church of Christ; each congregation has its own structure, consisting of Elders, Deacons, and one or mor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Church Of Christ: Encyclopedia Ii - Church Of Christ - Hermeneutics
A closer look at the Church of Christ requires an understanding of its historically accepted hermeneutic. This hermeneutic is often summa...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Excommunication: A Christian Theological Dictionary On Excommunication
A Christian theological definition of Excommunication according to CARM - The Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry:   ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Historical Shi'a-sunni Relations: Encyclopedia Ii - Historical Shi'a-sunni Relations - Modern Shi'a-sunni Relations
Historical Shi'a-Sunni relations - Autonomy. Over the centuries, the Shia have gained suzerainty in Iran. With the rise of the Safavi e...   » Read the article

Article - Popular Pages Sitemap Iv - E
This is a sitemap for Popular Pages IV - E . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Church Of Christ: Encyclopedia Ii - Church Of Christ - Disputes Within The Church
Institutions A major disagreement over the establishment of "institutions" at a level over that of the local congregations in order to se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Church Of Christ: Encyclopedia Ii - Church Of Christ - Other Stone-campbell Restoration Movement Bodies
The Churches of Christ were advanced during the American Restoration Movement of the 19th century. As in the New Testament, this movement...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Historical Shi'a-sunni Relations: Encyclopedia Ii - Historical Shi'a-sunni Relations - The Spread Of Shiism In The Middle Ages
The Buyids, who were Shi'a and had a significant influence not only in the provinces of Persia but also in the capital of the caliphate i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Historical Shi'a-sunni Relations: Encyclopedia Ii - Historical Shi'a-sunni Relations - Origins Of The Schism
Shias record the start of the schism with the death of Muhammad, and in their view, a violent coup d'état against Ali in his first day a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Historical Shi'a-sunni Relations: Encyclopedia Ii - Historical Shi'a-sunni Relations - Abbasid Era
The Umayyads were overthrown in 750 by a new dynasty, the Abbasids. The first Abbasid caliph, As-Saffah recruited Shiite support in his c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Covenant-breaker: Encyclopedia Ii - Covenant-breaker - Definition
Covenant-breaking does not refer to attacks from those who are not Bahá'ís or who have left the Bahá'í Faith out of disagreement with...   » Read the article

Article - Spiritual Sitemap I - E
This is a sitemap for Spiritual - E . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word.  ...   » Read the article

Article - Quick Links To Archives Related To Religion
This archive is not yet updated, but will be soon, please see the links below: Popular archives related to Hinduism Hindui...   » Read the article