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William Augustus Muhlenberg
William Augustus Muhlenberg , 1796-1877, American Episcopal clergyman, hymn writer, and philanthropist, b. Philadelphia. He was a great-grandson of Heinrich Melchior Mühlenberg. Baptized in the Lutheran communion, he joined the Episcopal Church, in which he was ordained priest in 1820. In 1846,... Read more |
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Evangelical Church
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Church Unions
CHURCH UNIONS AND REUNIONS A Decade of Mergers The 1930s saw a series of unions among Protestant groups, usually bringing together people of different ethnic backgrounds who shared a religious tradition. In 1931 members of the Lutheran Synod of Buffalo joined the Evangelical... Read more |
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ecumenical movement
ecumenical movement , name given to the movement aimed at the unification of the Protestant churches of the world and ultimately of all Christians. During and after the Reformation Protestantism separated into numerous independent sects. An early attempt to reverse this tendency was the Evangelical... Read more |
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Church of South India
Church of South India Indian Protestant church, formed in 1947 by the merger of Anglican dioceses in India, Myanmar, and Ceylon (Sri Lanka); the Methodist Church of South India; and the South India United Church, which itself was formed in 1908 by a union of Congregationalists, Presbyterians, and... Read more |
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ecumenical
ecumenical originally (from the late 16th century), belonging to the universal Church; later, promoting or relating to unity among the world's Christian Churches, as in ecumenical movement, a movement for the reunification of the various branches of the Christian Church worldwide.The word comes via... Read more |
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Evangelical and Reformed Church
Evangelical and Reformed Church Protestant denomination formed by the merger (1934) of the Reformed Church in the United States and the Evangelical Synod of North America. Both of these bodies had originated in the Reformation in Europe. Their churches in America were established by immigrants from... Read more |
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Confessing Church
Confessing Church Ger. Bekennende Kirche, German Protestant movement. It was founded in 1933 by Martin Niemoeller as the Pastors' Emergency League and was systematically opposed to the Nazi-sponsored German Christian Church. The immediate occasion for the opposition was the attempt by the Nazis... Read more |
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Evangelical United Brethren Church
Evangelical United Brethren Church Protestant denomination created (1946) by the union of the Evangelical Church and the United Brethren in Christ. Both denominations originated early in the 19th cent. and had similarities in organization and polity. The Evangelical Church was begun by the... Read more |
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Evangelical Alliance
Evangelical Alliance , an association of Evangelical Christians in a union, not of churches, but of individuals belonging to different denominations and different countries. It was formed to give evidence of the unity existing among Evangelical believers and to advance such unity. The Alliance was... Read more |
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Plan to Unify 2 Churches Hits a Snag; Lutherans May Postpone Accord With...
A move aimed at...Christianity between Lutherans and Episcopalians...leaders in both churches insist the...Chicago, ecumenical officer for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Said the ... |
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Across Christendom, churches strengthen ties.(USA)
...with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America...clergy. Lutherans have already...Christian churches face divisions...search for unity across denominations. The Episcopal-Lutheran ... |
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Lutheran gay clergy vote tests mainline churches
...s largest Lutheran denomination...million member Evangelical Lutheran Church in...pleaded for unity, appealing...strained the Episcopal Church and...member Episcopal Church ... |
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The bilateral dialogues: new visions and challenges.(Special Section on the...
...You have to close a box before...you could move rapidly back...bilaterals in the Evangelical Lutheran...challenge we may face is that...out of our ecumenical vision...official ecumenical policy ... |
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Denominations taking steps to close gaps
...islands. The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America...with three churches of the Reformed...Presbyterian Church (USA...involved may be unaware...pioneering ecumenical group...ELCA and the ... |
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