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patriarch, in Christian churches
(Encyclopedia)patriarch, in Christian churches, title of certain exalted bishops, implying authority over a number of other bishops. There were originally three patriarchates: the West, held by the bishop of Rome (...Reformed Episcopal Church
(Encyclopedia)Reformed Episcopal Church: see Episcopal Church. ...Episcopal Church, Reformed
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(Encyclopedia)German Reformed Church: see Evangelical and Reformed Church. ...Dutch Reformed Church
(Encyclopedia)Dutch Reformed Church: see Reformed Church in America. ...Christian Catholic Church
(Encyclopedia)Christian Catholic Church, religious denomination founded (1896) in Chicago by John Alexander Dowie. Its members are sometimes known as Zionites. The church has its center in Zion, Ill., which Dowie f...Browse by Subject
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