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Brewer's: Church Invisible
(The). Those who are known to God alone as His sons and daughters by adoption and grace. (See Church Visible.) “Oh, may I join the choir invisible.” G. Eliot. Church Militant The Church…Brewer's: Church Porch
(The) was used in ancient times for settling money transactions, paying dowries, rents, and purchases of estates. Consequently, it was furnished with benches on both sides. Hence, Lord…Brewer's: Church Triumphant
(The). Those who are dead and gone to their rest. Having fought the fight and triumphed, they belong to the Church triumphant in heaven. (See Church Militant .) Source: Dictionary of…Brewer's: Church Visible
(The). All ostensible Christians; all who profess to be Christians; all who have been baptised and admitted into Church Communion. (See Church Invisible .) Source: Dictionary of Phrase…Brewer's: Oracle of the Church
(The). St. Bernard. (1091-1153.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Oracle of the Holy Bottle, BacbucOracle A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R…Brewer's: Low Church
The Times defines a Low Churchman as one “who loves a Jew and hates the Pope.” We now call a Calvinistic episcopalian one of the Low Church because he holds “church rituals” and the dogma…Brewer's: Decking Churches
Isaiah (lx. 13) says: “The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee; the fir-tree, the pine-tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary.” The “glory of Lebanon” is the…Brewer's: Fathers of the Church
The early advocates of Christianity, who may be thus classified:—(1) Five apostolic fathers, who were contemporary with the apostles—viz. Clement of Rome, Barnabas, Hermas, Ignatius, and…Brewer's: High Church
Those who believe the Church [of England] the only true Church; that its baptism is regeneration; and that its priests have the delegated power of absolution (on confession and promise of…Brewer's: Greek Church
includes the church within the Ottoman Empire subject to the patriarch of Constantinople, the church in the kingdom of Greece, and the Russo-Greek Church. The Roman and Greek Churches…Trending
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