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Church of the Brethren

(Encyclopedia)Church of the Brethren: see Brethren. ...

States of the Church

(Encyclopedia)States of the Church: see Papal States. ...

Bar-jesus

(Encyclopedia)Bar-jesus ĕlˈĭmăs [key], in the New Testament, Jewish sorcerer at Paphos who tried to divert a prospective Christian convert and was cursed with blindness. ...

Evangelical United Brethren Church

(Encyclopedia)Evangelical United Brethren Church, Protestant denomination created (1946) by the union of the Evangelical Church and the United Brethren in Christ. Both denominations originated early in the 19th cen...

Church Slavonic

(Encyclopedia)Church Slavonic, language belonging to the South Slavic group of the Slavic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Slavic languages). Although it is still the liturgical language of m...

All Saints Bay

(Encyclopedia)All Saints Bay, Brazil: see Todos os Santos Bay. ...

United Brethren in Christ

(Encyclopedia)United Brethren in Christ: see Evangelical United Brethren Church. ...

Île Jésus

(Encyclopedia)Île Jésus, Que., Canada: see Laval. ...

Catholic Apostolic Church

(Encyclopedia)Catholic Apostolic Church, religious community originating in England c.1831 and extending later to Germany and the United States (1848). It was founded under the influence of Edward Irving; its membe...

New Jerusalem, Church of the

(Encyclopedia)New Jerusalem, Church of the, or New Church, religious body instituted by the followers of Emanuel Swedenborg, who are generally called Swedenborgians. Knowledge of Swedenborg's teachings was spread i...