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Hutterian Brethren
Hutterites ETHNONYM: Hutterite Brethren Orientation Identification. The Hutterites in Canada and the United States are a Germanic people with origins in the Swiss Anabaptist movement that developed between 1525 and 1536 during the Reformation. Along with the Old Order Amish and... Read more |
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Baptist churches
BAPTIST CHURCHES BAPTIST CHURCHES. The distinguishing feature of Baptist churches is their belief that a true church is a local community of faithful believers. This belief led the Baptist founders to reject infant baptism, for which they found no biblical warrant, and to insist that local... Read more |
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rejection
rejection (ri-jek-shŏn) n. (in transplantation) the destruction by immune mechanisms of a tissue grafted from another individual. Antibodies, complement, clotting factors, and platelets are involved in the failure of the graft to survive. Allograft rejection is a vigorous response that can be... Read more |
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Paulicians
Paulicians , Christian heretical sect. The sect developed in Armenia from obscure origins and is first mentioned in the middle of the 6th cent., where it is associated with Nestorianism . The teachings of the Paulicians seem to show some gnostic influence, possibly that of Marcion or Paul of... Read more |
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baptism
baptism [Gr., =dipping], in most Christian churches a sacrament . It is a rite of purification by water, a ceremony invoking the grace of God to regenerate the person, free him or her from sin, and make that person a part of the church. Thus, baptism is usually required for membership in the... Read more |
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Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters 1895-1977 Singer, actress Rejected by Mother, Abused by Aunts Pushed Into Read more |
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Community of Christ
Community of Christ formerly the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, religious group that regards itself as the successor of the church founded by Joseph Smith . They organized in 1852, five years after Mormons under Brigham Young began settling in Utah, formally... Read more |
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Pelagianism
Pelagianism , Christian heretical sect that rose in the 5th cent. challenging St. Augustine's conceptions of grace and predestination . The doctrine was advanced by the celebrated monk and theologian Pelagius (c.355-c.425). He was probably born in Britain. After studying Roman law and rhetoric... Read more |
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Mandaeans
Mandaeans or Mandeans , a small religious sect in Iran and S Iraq, who maintain an ancient belief resembling that of Gnosticism and that of the Parsis . They are also known as Christians of St. John, Nasoraeans, Sabians, and Subbi. A few Mandaeans survive, some near the Tigris and Euphrates... Read more |
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Immunosuppressive agents
Immunosuppressant drugs Definition Immunosuppressant drugs, which are also called anti-rejection drugs, are used to prevent the body from rejecting a transplanted organ. Purpose When an organ, such as a liver, heart or kidney, is transplanted from one person (the donor) into another (the... Read more |
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Mormons Baptize Armenian Saints, Genocide Victims, Notable Figures in Growing...
...adding thatthe baptisms of Genocide victims...MORMON CHURCHThe Mormons have also proxy...making everyone into Mormons. It's totaldisrespect."But the Mormon Church is standing...faith."A proxy baptism performed in a...said ... |
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RELIGIOUS GROUPS BACK LEGAL VICTORY FOR MORMONS
...stake in the Mormon case was the...argument was rejected at the US District...court ruling. Mormons, formally known...weddings and baptisms, for Mormons throughout New...about 16,000 Mormons in Massachusetts...leader of the ... |
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Clinton, Hatch discuss Holocaust baptisms
...baptisms. Proxy baptisms are conducted in...be accepted or rejected by the deceased...receive, a proxy baptism. Michel said that...leaders learned Mormons were performing proxy baptisms for Jews, including...City, claimed ... |
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Gunman chose to be baptized as a Mormon in late 2006 Shortly after rite,...
...was baptized into the Mormon church a year ago...expressed interest in the Mormon faith. "He seemed...soon after Murray's baptism, he stopped coming to the Mormon church, Ormond said...postings about being "rejected" by the Youth With... |
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Holocaust Victim Names in Mormon Database
...practice of posthumous baptisms say there is new evidence...practice of posthumous baptisms say there is new evidence...Survivors. Posthumous baptism is a sacred rite practiced in Mormon church temples for...membership that can be rejected ... |
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Holocaust survivor says Jewish victims' names may remain in Mormon database
...practice of posthumous baptisms say there is new evidence...concerns."Posthumous baptism is a sacred rite practiced in Mormon church temples for...membership that can be rejected in the afterlife by...signed an agreement with Mormon leaders ... |
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Holocaust victims' names may remain in Mormon database
...practice of posthumous baptisms say there is new evidence...Survivors.Posthumous baptism is a sacred rite practiced in Mormon church temples for...membership that can be rejected in the afterlife by...signed an agreement with Mormon leaders ... |
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Black Mormons Resist Apology Talk
...achieved by most Mormon men. Mormonism...such sacraments as baptisms, ordinations and...s son Canaan. Mormon theology added the...Washington area members, rejected its earlier teachings...white and black Mormons have pressed for...Hinckley, ... |
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Mitt Romney's emotional moment; At the end of his speech on religion, the...
...speech in Texas on his Mormon faith and his view of...delicately. He is a Mormon, and a significant share...much popular regard as Baptism or Catholicism. He would...that skepticism of his Mormon faith could prove decisive...in 1960, when Kennedy ... |
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Ireland and Christianity could benefit from Mormon teachings Some 200 Irish...
...organised a church with 12 apostles which, Mormons believe, started to fall away within...standards, he translated the Book of Mormon from gold plates, published two other...them. THE first Irish Latter Day Saint baptism was performed in 1840, four years before...Irish. In ... |
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