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noun
- 1. (in the Christian Church) a small administrative district typically having its own church and a priest or pastor: "a parish church" Similar
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4 days ago · The relation of the early church to the career and intentions of Jesus. The Gentile mission and St. Paul. The contemporary social, religious, and intellectual world. The internal development of the early Christian church. The problem of jurisdictional authority. The problem of scriptural authority. The problem of theological authority.
2 days ago · Christianity is a major religion stemming from the life, teachings, and death of Jesus of Nazareth in the 1st century CE. It has become the largest of the world’s religions and, geographically, the most widely diffused.
5 days ago · /pəˈrɪʃ (ə)nər/ /pəˈrɪʃɪnə/ IPA guide. Other forms: parishioners. Definitions of parishioner. noun. a member of a parish. see more. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Parishioner." Vocabulary.com Dictionary, Vocabulary.com, https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/parishioner. Accessed 08 Jul. 2024. Copy citation. Examples from books and articles.
4 days ago · The elements of the Eucharist, bread, either leavened or unleavened, and wine (non-alcoholic grape juice in some Protestant traditions), are consecrated on an altar or a communion table and consumed thereafter. The consecrated elements are the end product of the Eucharistic Prayer. [4]
2 days ago · The belief that believers are justified, or pardoned for sin, solely on condition of faith in Christ rather than a combination of faith and good works. For Protestants, good works are a necessary consequence rather than cause of justification. [25]
4 days ago · Christianity. Table of Contents. The question of Christian identity. The early liturgy, the calendar, and the arts. The alliance between church and empire. Political relations between East and West. Literature and art of the “Dark Ages”. Missions and monasticism. Papacy and empire.
1. Who does the Immaculate Conception refer to? There’s a popular idea that it refers to Jesus’ conception by the Virgin Mary. It doesn’t. Instead, it refers to the special way in which the Virgin Mary herself was conceived. This conception was not virginal. (That is, she had a human father as well as a human mother.)
