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101History of the Puritans — The history of the Puritans can be traced back to the Vestments Controversy in the reign of Edward VI ending in a decline in the mid 1700s. Background, to 1559 The English Reformation, begun his reign in the reign of Henry VIII of England, was… …
102History of the creation-evolution controversy — The creation evolution controversy has a long history, beginning with challenges made by various naturalists to biblical accounts of creation. In response to theories developed by scientists, some religious persons and organizations, questioned… …
103Reformed Presbyterian Church General Assembly — The Reformed Presbyterian Church General Assembly is a conservative Presbyterian denomination in the United States. It was founded in 1991 by biblically reformed members of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in the Americas. It admits only men into …
104History of the Anglican Communion — The History of the Anglican Communion may be attributed mainly to the worldwide spread of British culture associated with the British Empire. Among other things, the Church of England spread around the world, and, gradually developing autonomy in …
105History of the Papacy — The History of the Papacy is the history of both the spiritual role and the temporal role over a timespan of almost 2,000 years from the arrival of Peter in Rome to the present day. The office of the Pope is called the Papacy. In addition to his… …
106Evangelical Synod of North America — The Evangelical Synod of North America, before 1927 German Evangelical Synod of North America, in German (Deutsche) Evangelische Synode von Nord Amerika, was a Protestant Christian denomination in the United States existing from the mid 19th… …
107synod — /sinad/ A meeting or assembly of ecclesiastical persons concerning religion; being the same thing, in Greek, as convocation in Latin. There are four kinds: (1) A general or universal synod or council, where bishops of all nations meet; (2) a… …
108Evangelical Church of Egypt (Synod of the Nile) — The Evangelical Church of Egypt (Synod of the Nile), (in Arabic El Kanisah El Injiliyah), and sometimes referred to as the Coptic Evangelical Church of Egypt, is a Protesant church that started as a mission of the United Presbyterian Church of… …
109Liturgical books of the Roman Rite — The liturgical books of the Roman Rite at the beginning of the twentieth century, writings designed to specify the way the religious services of that liturgical rite of the Roman Catholic Church were then held, are described in this article. For… …
110Statement of Faith of the United Church of Christ — The Statement of Faith of the United Church of Christ is a Christian confession of faith written in 1959 to express the common faith of the newly founded United Church of Christ, formed in 1957 by the union of the Evangelical and Reformed Church… …
