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Orthodox Eastern Church
(Encyclopedia)Orthodox Eastern Church, community of Christian churches whose chief strength is in the Middle East and E Europe. Their members number some 300 million worldwide. The Orthodox agree doctrinally in acc...Native American Church
(Encyclopedia)Native American Church, Native American religious group whose beliefs blend fundamentalist Christian elements with pan–Native American moral principles. The movement began among the Kiowa about 1890...Philippine Independent Church
(Encyclopedia)Philippine Independent Church, religious body that separated from the Roman Catholic Church in 1902 and rejected the spiritual authority of the pope. It is known popularly as the Aglipayan Church, aft...England, Church of
(Encyclopedia)England, Church of, the established church of England and the mother church of the Anglican Communion. In the first half of the 19th cent., the Catholic and apostolic character of the Church of Engl...Turner, Frederick Jackson
(Encyclopedia)Turner, Frederick Jackson, 1861–1932, American historian, b. Portage, Wis. He taught at the Univ. of Wisconsin from 1885 to 1910 except for a year spent in graduate study at Johns Hopkins. From 1910...Frederick V, elector palatine
(Encyclopedia)Frederick V, elector palatine: see Frederick the Winter King. ...Jackson, Frederick John Foakes-
(Encyclopedia)Jackson, Frederick John Foakes-: see Foakes-Jackson, Frederick John. ...Calvinistic Methodist Church
(Encyclopedia)Calvinistic Methodist Church, Protestant Christian denomination, closely allied to Presbyterianism. It originated in Wales (1735–36) with the evangelistic preaching of Howell Harris, Daniel Rowlands...Villiers, George William Frederick
(Encyclopedia)Villiers, George William Frederick: see Clarendon, George William Frederick Villiers, 4th earl of. ...Wood, Edward Frederick Lindley
(Encyclopedia)Wood, Edward Frederick Lindley: see Halifax, Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st earl of. ...Browse by Subject
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