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Gatherer
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Robert Browne
Robert Browne c.1550-1633, English clergyman and leader of a group of early separatists popularly known as Brownists. Browne conceived of the church as a self-governing local body of experiential believers in Jesus. Preaching without a license, Browne attacked the forms of government and the... Read more |
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Henry Drummond
Henry Drummond 1786-1860, English banker, known particularly as one of the founders of the Catholic Apostolic Church . Beginning in 1826, he gathered annually for five years, at his home in Surrey, a group of laity and clergy to examine the prophecies in the Scriptures. Out of these meetings grew... Read more |
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vigil
vigil [Lat.,=watch], in Christian calendars, eve of a feast, a day of penitential preparation. In ancient times worshipers gathered for vespers before a great feast and then waited outside the church until dawn for the liturgy (Mass). Traces of this practice survive in the East, but the Western... Read more |
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breakaway
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nomad
nomad , one of a group of people without fixed habitation, especially pastoralists. (Some authorities prefer the terms "nonsedentary" or "migratory" rather than "nomadic" to describe mobile hunter-gatherers.) Wandering herders living in tents still occupy sections of Asia, and the... Read more |
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Brethren
BRETHREN BRETHREN (often nicknamed Dunkers) originated in central Germany in 1708. They were former Reformed and Lutheran Pietists (largely from the Palatinate), dissatisfied with state-linked churches. Pietism sought to complete the reformation of doctrine with a reformation of life. Earnest... Read more |
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Shipbuilding
shipbuilding. Transport over water is a necessity in most parts of the world. Since time immemorial ships have been constructed in any place with a suitable shoreline, easily procured supplies of timber, and an available workforce. The improvement in ship design and construction has been a process... Read more |
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Meetinghouse
MEETINGHOUSE MEETINGHOUSE. Reserving "church" to designate a covenanted ecclesiastical society, New England Puritans used "meetinghouse" to denote the assembly place used for church services, town meetings, and other public gatherings. Church membership was restricted, but attendance at church... Read more |
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carpe diem
carpe diem , a descriptive term for literature that urges readers to live for the moment [from the Latin phrase "seize the day," used by Horace]. The theme, which was widely used in 16th- and 17th-century love poetry, is best exemplified by a familiar stanza from Robert Herrick's "To the... Read more |
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430,000 say prayers for Bush.(News)
...attracted 1,300 churches, 21 of them...support from 113 churches. "You want...the man is still standing at...participating churches. Eberhart...conservative breakaways from the Episcopal Church) the flock ... |
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Religion News in Brief
...Episcopal Church, the Anglican...approved by the church is elected...Anglican churches. However...network of breakaway Episcopal churches formed by...Anglican Church of Nigeria...Williams ... |
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Episcopalians Gather to Oppose Gay Bishop
...Parishes won't be a breakaway denomination or...serious challenge to Episcopal Church leaders...replacement for the Episcopal Church. That claim...the church.The Episcopal Church is the ... |
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Anglican members gather to renew faith
...learn more what the breakaway group is all about...with the U.S. Episcopal Church. Jack Roblin...missionary bishops. Still, not everyone...schism within the Episcopal Church, she sees...dissidents believe the ... |
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Conservative Episcopalians gather
...Parishes won't be a breakaway denomination or...serious challenge to Episcopal Church leaders...replacement for the Episcopal Church. That claim...the church. The Episcopal Church is the ... |