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(Encyclopedia)Old Church Slavonic: see Church Slavonic. ...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...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...United Zion Church
(Encyclopedia)United Zion Church: see River Brethren. ...United Methodist Church
(Encyclopedia)United Methodist Church, religious body formed by the union in 1968 of the Evangelical United Brethren Church and the Methodist Church (see Methodism), with churches in the United States, Africa, and ...United Presbyterian Church
(Encyclopedia)United Presbyterian Church, two denominations of Presbyterianism. 1 In Scotland, the United Presbyterian Church was formed by the union (1847) of the United Secession Church with the majority of the c...Russian Orthodox Church
(Encyclopedia)Russian Orthodox Church: see Orthodox Eastern Church. ...Advent Christian Church
(Encyclopedia)Advent Christian Church: see Adventists. ...Scotland, Church of
(Encyclopedia)Scotland, Church of, the established national church of Scotland, Presbyterian (see Presbyterianism) in form. The first Protestants in Scotland, led by Patrick Hamilton, were predominantly Lutheran. H...Saint Mark's Church
(Encyclopedia)Saint Mark's Church, Venice, named after the tutelary saint of Venice. The original Romanesque basilical church, built in the 9th cent. as a shrine for the saint's bones, was destroyed by fire in 967....Browse by Subject
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