| Full communion Full communion is a term used in Christian ecclesiology to describe the relationship of communion, with mutually recognized sharing of the same essential doctrines, between a Christian community and other communities or between that community and individuals.On Receiving Anglican clergy into the Catholic Church; How to become a Catholic; When an Orthodox joins the Catholic Church;On Participants in RCIA and Confirmation; My Return to the Catholic Church; etc. Full_communion
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| Shambaugh, Iowa Shambaugh is a city in Page County, Iowa, United States. The population was 188 at the 2000 census. Shambaugh,_Iowa
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| Lake Junaluska, North Carolina |blank1_name = GNIS feature ID Lake_Junaluska,_North_Carolina
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| Ecumenism Ecumenism (also oecumenism, œcumenism) refers to initiatives aimed at greater religious unity or cooperation. Ecumenism
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| Methodism Talk:Methodism
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| Ash Wednesday In the Western Christian calendar, Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent and occurs forty days before Easter (excluding Sundays). It falls on a different date each year, because it is dependent on the date of Easter; it can occur as early as February 4 or as late as March 10. Ash_Wednesday
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| Maundy Thursday In the Christian liturgical calendar, Maundy Thursday (also known as Holy Thursday) is the feast or holy day falling on the Thursday before Easter that commemorates the Last Supper of Jesus Christ with the Apostles. It is the fifth day of Holy Week, and is preceded by Holy Wednesday and followed by Good Friday. Maundy_Thursday
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| Religion and abortion Many religious traditions have taken a stance on abortion, and these stances span a broad spectrum from acceptance to rejection.BBC "Religion and Ethics" Be aware that these BBC pages do not cover all Protestant, Muslim, Hindu or Buddhist beliefs. Religion_and_abortion
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| Popular opinion in the US on the invasion of Iraq The United States public’s opinion of the invasion of Iraq has changed significantly since the years preceding the incursion. For various reasons, mostly related to the unexpected consequences of the invasion, the US public’s perspective on its government’s choice to initiate an offensive is increasingly negative. Popular_opinion_in_the_US_on_the_invasion_of_Iraq
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| Confirmation Confirmation is a rite of initiation in many Christian Churches, normally in the form of laying on of hands and/or anointing for the purpose of bestowing the Gifts of the Holy Spirit upon them. In some denominations, confirmation bestows full membership in the church upon the recipient. Confirmation
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| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) is a mainline Protestant denomination headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Formed in 1988 by the merging of three churches and currently having about 4. Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_in_America
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| Defrocking To defrock, unfrock, or laicize a minister or priest is to remove their right to exercise the functions of the priestly office. Various Christian denominations have different procedures for doing this. Defrocking
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| Forgiveness Talk:Forgiveness
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| National Council of Churches The National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA (usually identified as National Council of Churches, or NCC) is an association of 35 Christian faith groups in the United States with 100,000 local congregations and 45,000,000 adherents. Its member communions (also variously called denominations, churches, conventions, or archdioceses) currently (2008) include a wide variety of Mainline Protestant, Orthodox, African-American, Evangelical and historic Peace churches. National_Council_of_Churches
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| Justification (theology) In Christian theology, justification is God's act of declaring or making a sinner righteous before God. Justification, from the Greek (dikaioō), "to declare/make righteous", is a word occurring in the books of Romans, Galatians, Titus, and James, among other places; the root noun δικαιοσ,-η,-ον righteous occurs throughout both Old and New Testaments. Justification_(theology)
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| John Chivington John Milton Chivington (January 27, 1821 – October 4, 1892) was a 19th century United States Army officer noted for his role in the New Mexico Campaign of the American Civil War and in the Colorado War. He was celebrated as the hero of the 1862 Battle of Glorieta Pass, and later became infamous for his role in the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre John_Chivington
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| Confessing Movement The Confessing Movement is an Evangelical movement within several American mainline Protestant denominations to return those churches to what the members of the movement see as theological orthodoxy. Confessing_Movement
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| Sanctification The word sanctification (see [refers to the act or process] of making holy or setting apart (as [[special) and occurs five times in the Authorized Version of the New Testament (1 Corinthians 1:30, 1 Thessalonians 4:3,4, 2 Thessalonians 2:13, 1 Peter 1:2) translated from the Greek word αγιασμος (hagiasmos) "purification,"38, Strong's Concordance which is from the root hagios ([which means holy] or sacred.Verlyn D. Sanctification
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| Sign of the Cross The Sign of the Cross, or Signum crucis in Latin, is a ritual hand motion made by members of many but not all branches of Christianity. It may be accompanied by the trinitarian formula. Sign_of_the_Cross
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| Doxology Talk:Doxology
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