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| Anno Domini May also be spelled "." (Medieval Latin: In the year of (the/Our) Lord), Blackburn & Holford-Strevens p. Anno_Domini
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| Congregationalist polity Congregationalist polity, often known as congregationalism, is a system of church governance in which every local church congregation is independent, ecclesiastically sovereign, or "autonomous." Among those major Protestant Christian traditions that employ congregationalism are those Congregational Churches known by the "Congregationalist" name that descended from the Anglo-American Puritan movement of the 17th century, the Baptist churches, and most of the groups brought about by the Anabaptist movement in Germany that immigrated to the U. Congregationalist_polity
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| Eucharist The Eucharist, also called Holy Communion or Lord's Supper and other names, is a Christian sacrament by which, in a common interpretation, those who celebrate it commemorate the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wine.WordNet (Cognitive Science Laboratory Princeton University)"The Eucharist is a re-enactment of the Last Supper, the final meal that Jesus Christ shared with his disciples before his arrest, and eventual crucifixion" (BBC - Religion & Ethics - Eucharist). Eucharist
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| General Synod The General Synod is the title of the governing body of some church organizations. General_Synod
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| Condoleezza Rice | birth_place = Birmingham, Alabama Condoleezza_Rice
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| Bill Moyers | birth_place = Hugo, Oklahoma, United States Bill_Moyers
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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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| Restoration Movement The Restoration Movement (also known historically as the "Stone-Campbell Movement") is a Christian reform movement traced to the 18th and 19th centuries in the United States during the Second Great Awakening. Barton W. Restoration_Movement
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| United Church of Christ The United Church of Christ (UCC) is a mainline Protestant Christian denomination principally in the United States, generally considered within the Reformed tradition, and formed in 1957 by the union of two denominations, the Evangelical and Reformed Church and the Congregational Christian Churches. United_Church_of_Christ
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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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| William Sloane Coffin Rev. William Sloane Coffin, Jr. William_Sloane_Coffin
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| Schwenkfelder Church The Schwenkfelder Church is a small American Christian body rooted in the 16th century Protestant Reformation teachings of Caspar Schwenkfeld von Ossig (1489-1561). Schwenkfelder_Church
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| Deaconess Deaconess (and also deacon) comes from a Greek word diakonos (διακονος). This Greek word means a servant or helper and occurs frequently in the Christian New Testament of the Bible and is sometimes applied to Christ himself. Deaconess
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| Beloit College Beloit Beloit_College
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| Congregational Christian Churches The Congregational Christian Churches were a Protestant Christian denomination that operated in the U.S. Congregational_Christian_Churches
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| December 2004 in the United States __NOTOC__ December_2004_in_the_United_States
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| Mercersburg Theology Mercersburg Theology was a German-American theological movement that began in the mid-19th century. It draws its name from Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, home of Marshall College from 1836 until its merger with Franklin College (Lancaster, Pennsylvania) in 1853, and also home to the seminary of the Reformed Church in the United States (RCUS) from 1837 until its relocation to Lancaster in 1871. Mercersburg_Theology
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| Blessing of same-sex unions in Christian churches The blessing of same-sex unions is currently an issue about which some Christian Churches are at present in disagreement with other Christian churches. These disagreements are primarily centered on the interpretation of various scripture passages related to homosexuality, and in some Churches on the varying understandings of homosexuality in psychology, genetics and other scientific data. Blessing_of_same-sex_unions_in_Christian_churches
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