church

Examples of church in the following topics:

• The Christian Church

  • The Christian Church is the assembly of followers of Jesus Christ; in Christianity, a church is the building where its members meet.
  • The Eastern Orthodox Church and Oriental Orthodoxy each claim to be the original Christian Church.
  • The Eastern Orthodox Church bases its claim primarily on its traditions and beliefs of the original Christian Church.
  • By contrast, the Catholic Church teaches in its doctrine that it is the original Church founded by Christ on the Apostles in the 1st century AD.
  • Churches of Christ are autonomous Christian churches associated with one another through common beliefs and practices.

• The Ecclesia

  • A slight modification of the church type is that of ecclesia.
  • The state churches of some European nations would fit this type.
  • The Anglican Church of England, for example, is a state church that does not have the adherence of all English citizens.
  • Although the word "ecclesial" itself stems from the Greek word for "church" or "gathering," ecclesias are not necessarily churches.
  • The Catholic Church applies the word "Church" only to Christian communities that, in the view of the Catholic Church, "have true sacraments in light of Apostolic succession" and that possess a priesthood and the Eucharist.

• The Holy Roman Empire and the Church

• Norse Timber Architecture in the Early European Middle Ages

  • A stave church is a medieval wooden church with a post and beam construction related to timber framing.
  • Archaeological excavations have shown that stave churches descend from palisade constructions and later churches with earth-bound posts.
  • It is now common to group the churches into two categories.
  • These churches gave an impression of a basilica.
  • Example of a Norwegian wooden stave church: Stave church in Lom.

• The Anglican Class

  • The Church of England controlled Virginian society and government during the colonial era.
  • According to the ministers, the colonists were typically inattentive, disinterested, and bored during church services.
  • Baptists, German Lutherans, and Presbyterians funded their own ministers and favored disestablishment of the Anglican Church.
  • The Patriots, led by Thomas Jefferson, disestablished the Anglican Church in 1786.
  • Government and college officials in the capital at Williamsburg were required to attend services at this Anglican church.

• The Revolution and Churches

  • This was because the English monarch was the head of the church.
  • As a result, Church of England priests swore allegiance to the British crown at their ordination.
  • Furthermore, loyalty to the church and to its head could be construed as treason to the American cause.
  • The Anglican Communion was created, allowing a separated Episcopal Church of the United States that would still be in communion with the Church of England.
  • Jonathan Mayhew was a noted American minister at Old West Church, Boston, Massachusetts.

• The Chora Church in Constantinople

  • The Chora Church's full name is the Church of the Holy Savior in Chora.
  • The church was first built in Constantinople the early fifth century.
  • Mosaics extensively decorate the narthices of the Chora Church.
  • Inner Narthex, Chora Church, Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey.
  • Parecclesion, Chora Church, Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey.

• Pilgrimage Churches

  • The Crusades resulted in the growth and rising wealth of pilgrimage churches, many of which were built in the Romanesque style.
  • The result of the considerable number of new churches being built and the rising wealth of the pilgrimage churches, was the growth of Romanesque architecture.
  • Many castles were built during this period, but they are greatly outnumbered by churches.
  • Many churches were built along this route and reflect the Romanesque architectural style.
  • Analyze the religious fervor of the Crusades with the extensive creation of pilgramage churches.

• Catholicism

  • The Catholic Church in the United States is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, or the Christian Church that is in full communion with the Pope.
  • By far, most Catholics in the U.S. belong to the Latin Church and the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church.
  • However, the Vatican II document Orientalium Ecclesiarum "Of the Eastern Churches" acknowledges that these Eastern Catholic communities are "true Churches" and not just rites within the Catholic Church.
  • There are 14 other Churches in the U.S. (23 within the global Catholic Church) that are in communion with Rome and fully recognized in the eyes of the Catholic Church.
  • Most of these Churches are of Eastern European and Middle Eastern origin.

• Ecumenism

  • As a term, it usually only refers to predominantly Christian denominations and churches separated by doctrine, history, and practice.
  • The Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Orthodox churches are two distinct bodies of local churches.
  • Within each body, the churches share full communion, although there is not official communion between the two bodies.
  • Within the Anglican Communion, each member church is allowed to make its own decision with regard to intercommunion.
  • They do not want the Orthodox church to play a part in this more general movement.