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  • 31Synod of the Trinity — is an upper judicatory of the Presbyterian Church (USA) headquartered in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania. The synod oversees sixteen presbyteries covering all of Pennsylvania, most of West Virginia, and a portion of eastern Ohio. History The Presbyterian …

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  • 32The Lutheran Evangelical Protestant Church — (LEPC) is a mainline Protestant denomination under the General Conference of Evangelical Protestant Churches (GCEPC). The earliest Lutherans in America came from Dutch, Swedish and German stock.The LEPC is successor to the Evangelical Protestant… …

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  • 33Synod of the Northeast — is an upper judicatory of the Presbyterian Church (USA) based in Stony Point, New York. The synod oversees twenty two presbyteries in six New England states (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut), two of the …

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  • 34The Benedictine Order —     The Benedictine Order     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Benedictine Order     The Benedictine Order comprises monks living under the Rule of St. Benedict, and commonly known as black monks . The order will be considered in this article under… …

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  • 35The Seal of Confession —     The Law of the Seal of Confession     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Law of the Seal of Confession     In the Decretum of the Gratian who compiled the edicts of previous councils and the principles of Church law which he published about 1151,… …

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  • 36General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland — The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland is the sovereign and highest court of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, and is thus the Church s governing body. The General Assembly normally meets annually, during the first full week …

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  • 37General Congregation Council — (Arabic: المجلس الملي العام للأقباط الأرثوذكس‎) is part of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria and represents the laity of the Church, it is also known as the Coptic Orthodox Lay Council Established in February 1874 [1] during the vacancy… …

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  • 38Synod of Baccanceld — The Synod of Baccanceld was held in 694 in Bapfield, Kent.This meeting was rather a witenagemot, or Anglosaxon Parliament or Royal Council (in Christian kingdoms often including clerics), rather than an ecclesiastical synod, as it was presided… …

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  • 39Synod of Baccanceld —     Baccanceld     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Baccanceld     (BAPCHILD, near Sittingbourne, Kent), Synod Of (694).     This meeting was rather a witenagemot, or Parliament, than an ecclesiastical synod, presided over by Wihtred, King of Kent.… …

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  • 40The Rite of Constantinople (Byzantine Rite) —     The Rite of Constantinople     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Rite of Constantinople     (Also BYZANTINE RITE.)     The Liturgies, Divine Office, forms for the administration of sacraments and for various blessings, sacramentals, and exorcisms …

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