established church

Examples of established church in the following topics:

• The Anglican Class

  • The Church of England controlled Virginian society and government during the colonial era.
  • The Church of England was legally established; the bishop of London made it a favorite missionary target and sent in 22 clergyman by 1624.
  • When the elected assembly, the House of Burgesses, was established in 1619, it enacted religious laws that made Virginia a bastion of Anglicanism.
  • The stress on personal piety opened the way for the First Great Awakening, which pulled people away from the established church.
  • The dissenters grew much faster than the established church, making religious division a factor in Virginia politics into the Revolution.

• Freedom of Religion

  • Freedom of religion is a constitutionally guaranteed right, established in the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights.
  • Many countries have made one religion into the established (official) church, and support it with government funds .
  • In what is called the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment ("Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion"), Congress is forbidden from setting up, or in any way providing for, an established church.
  • The Federal Government may not establish a national church or religion or excessively involve itself in religion, particularly to the benefit of one religion over another.
  • Other countries have had state religions; for instance, the Church of England once dominated religious and political life (former Anglican church depicted here).

• Separating Church and State

  • The Dutch colony of New Netherland established the Dutch Reformed Church and outlawed all other worship, though enforcement was uncommon.
  • Religious conformity was desired partly for financial reasons, as the established church was responsible for poverty relief, putting dissenting churches at a significant disadvantage.
  • Some opposed support of any established church at the state level; for instance, Thomas Jefferson's influential Statute for Religious Freedom was enacted in 1786 to ensure religious freedom in Virginia.
  • It stated: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion."
  • The establishment clause has generally been interpreted to prohibit: 1) Congress' establishment of a national religion, and 2) US governmental preference of one religion over another.

• The Establishment Clause: Separation of Church and State

  • As part of the First Amendment's religious freedom guarantees, the Establishment Clause requires a separation of church and state.
  • One main question of the Establishment Clause is: does government financial assistance to religious groups violate the Establishment Clause?
  • The Supreme Court has consistently held fast to the rule of strict separation of church and state in this issue.
  • The Court has therefore tried to determine a way to deal with church/state questions.
  • Thomas Jefferson's phrase "the wall of separation," is often quoted in debates on the Establishment Clause and the separation of church and state.

• 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.
  • They seek to base doctrine and practice on the Bible alone, and seek to be New Testament congregations as originally established by the authority of Christ.
  • 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.
  • They seek to base doctrine and practice on the Bible alone, and seek to be New Testament congregations as originally established by the authority of Christ.

• Unitarianism and Universalism

  • Charles Chauncy (1705–1787), pastor of the First Church from 1727 until his death, was both a Unitarian and a Universalist.
  • Churches were established in New York, Baltimore, Washington, Charleston, and elsewhere during this period.
  • The association published books, supported poor churches, sent out missionaries, and established new churches in nearly every state.
  • The Universalist Church of America grew to be the sixth-largest denomination in the United States at its peak.
  • Boston was the center of Unitarian activity in America, and the Brattle Street Church was a prominent Unitarian venue.

• The Mormon Exodus

  • This harsh treatment caused the body of the Church to move from one place to another - from Ohio to Missouri, and then to Illinois, where church members built the city of Nauvoo.
  • The Mormon exodus began in 1846 when, in the face of these conflicts, Brigham Young (Joseph Smith's successor as President of the Church) decided to abandon Nauvoo and to establish a new home for the church in the Great Basin .
  • According to church belief, God inspired Young to call for the Saints (as church members call themselves) to organize and head west, beyond the western frontier of the United States (into what was then Mexico, though the U.S.
  • Along their way, some were assigned to establish settlements and to plant and harvest crops for later emigrants.
  • Map showing the westward exodus of the LDS Church between 1846 and 1869.

• The Mormons

  • With a small following, he organized the Church of Christ later that year, the progenitor of the Church of Latter-day Saints popularly known as "Mormons."
  • Smith’s new church placed great emphasis on work and discipline.
  • This harsh treatment caused the body of the Church to move—first from New York to Ohio, then to Missouri, and then to Illinois, where church members built the city of Nauvoo.
  • The Mormon exodus began in 1846 when, in the face of these conflicts, Young decided to abandon Nauvoo and establish a new home for the church in the Great Basin.
  • Today a vast majority of Mormons are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), while a minority are members of other 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.
  • They established missions in what are now Florida, Georgia, Texas, New Mexico, California, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
  • French colonization came in the early 18th century, with the French establishing missions in the Louisiana Territory districts - St.
  • By far, most Catholics in the U.S. belong to the Latin Church and the Latin Rite of 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.

• The Church

  • In Spain, the most famous church of the period is Santiago de Compostela.
  • Several important Romanesque churches were also built in the Crusader kingdoms.
  • The system of monasticism, in which individuals became members of a religious order, was established by the monk Benedict, in the 6th century.
  • Unfortunately, very little of the abbey church at Cluny remains.
  • However, the church of St.