The Four Marks of the Church, also known as the Attributes of the Church, describes four distinctive adjectives of traditional Christian ecclesiology as...
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Marks of the Church may refer to: Marks of the Church (Protestantism) Four Marks of the Church This disambiguation page lists articles associated with...
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Eastern Christianity (redirect from Eastern church)
as "catholic" (meaning "universal"), and as sharing in the Four Marks of the Church listed in the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed (381 AD): "One, Holy,...
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Catholic (term) (redirect from Name of the Catholic Church)
considered one of Four Marks of the Church, found in the line of the Nicene Creed: "I believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church." During the medieval...
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Chawton". The 'Marks' element comes from Old English 'mark(e)' meaning boundary, or border, so, Four Marks directly translates as Four Borders. In the New Stone...
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The Catechism of the Catholic Church (Latin: Catechismus Catholicae Ecclesiae; commonly called the Catechism or the CCC) is a reference work that summarizes...
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Nicene Creed as the "one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church". These are collectively known as the Four Marks of the Church. The church teaches that its...
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The earliest recorded use of the term Christianity (Greek: Χριστιανισμός) was by Ignatius of Antioch, in around 100 AD. The Four Marks of the Church first...
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seven sacraments of the Catholic Church, which according to Catholic theology were instituted by Jesus Christ and entrusted to the Church. Sacraments are...
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Catholicity (redirect from Catholicity of the Church)
catholic in accordance with the Four Marks of the Church, as expressed in the Nicene Creed formulated at the First Council of Constantinople in 381: "[I...
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The hierarchy of the Catholic Church consists of its bishops, priests, and deacons. In the ecclesiological sense of the term, "hierarchy" strictly means...
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represents the one and only original church. The claim to the title of the "one true church" relates to the first of the Four Marks of the Church mentioned...
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The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially the Orthodox Catholic Church and commonly known simply as the Orthodox Church is a communion composed of up to...
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the Eastern Churches, are 23 Eastern Christian autonomous (sui iuris) particular churches of the Catholic Church, in full communion with the Pope in Rome...
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Church unity may refer to: The unity of the church, one of the Four Marks of the Church The unity of the church expressed in Ecumenism The goal of Church...
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The Church Fathers, Early Church Fathers, Christian Fathers, or Fathers of the Church were ancient and influential Christian theologians and writers who...
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Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus (redirect from There is no salvation out of the Church)
scholastics accepted the phrase so long as the church is recognized by the marks of the church, which they defined as proper administration of the Word and sacrament...
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During its long history, the Catholic Church has been subject to criticism regarding various beliefs and practices. Within the church, this often involves...
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autonomous Church of Japan and Chinese Orthodox Church. The ROC eparchies in Belarus and Latvia, since the fall of the Soviet Union in the 1990s, enjoy...
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Roman Catholic (term) (redirect from Romish Church)
communion with the pope as a designation for their faith or institution. The term "catholic" is one of the Four Marks of the Church set out in the Nicene Creed...
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The Church of Greece (Greek: Ἐκκλησία τῆς Ἑλλάδος, romanized: Ekklēsía tē̂s Helládos, IPA: [ekliˈsi.a tis eˈlaðos]), part of the wider Greek Orthodox Church...
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Doctor of the Church (Latin: doctor "teacher"), also referred to as Doctor of the Universal Church (Latin: Doctor Ecclesiae Universalis), is a title given...
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nonduality between the church visible and church invisible Four Marks of the Church Invisible churches (slavery) Priesthood of all believers Radical Reformation...
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in the Netherlands (2004). Churches are listed here when their disparate heritage marks them as inappropriately listed in the particular categories above...
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Russian Orthodoxy (redirect from Slavic Orthodox churches)
Eastern Orthodox churches, since the term "Greek" can refer to the heritage of the Byzantine Empire. However, the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople...
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Autocephaly (redirect from Autocephalous church)
"property of being self-headed") is the status of a hierarchical Christian church whose head bishop does not report to any higher-ranking bishop. The term...
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The history of the Catholic Church is the formation, events, and historical development of the Catholic Church through time. According to the tradition...
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Charismatic movement (redirect from Charismatic church)
organisations that mirrored the establishment of Pentecostal churches. Many traditional evangelical churches remain opposed to the movement and teach a cessationist...
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000 silver marks. A further 100,000 silver marks were divided evenly up between the Crusaders and Venetians. The remaining 500,000 silver marks were secretly...
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The history of the Eastern Orthodox Church is the formation, events, and transformation of the Eastern Orthodox Church through time. According to the...
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