He appears nevertheless, to have been resigned to being unable for the present to establish in parishes the weekly practice of receiving Communion ; so he restructured the service so as to allow ante-Communion as a distinct rite of worship — following the Communion rite through the readings and offertory, as far as the intercessory " Prayer for the Church Militant ".

The dome that covers this area is decorated with frescoes by the Cordovan artist Antonio Palomino ( 18th century ) representing the triumph of the Church Militant, the faith, and religious life.

In true Church Militant fashion of defending the Word of God, they asserted that the inerrancy of the Bible and Church teaching were essential for true Christianity and was being violated by the modernists.

was " inscribed in the catalogue of the Saints of the Church Militant.

She was a member of the League of the Church Militant, which was the predecessor of the Movement for the Ordination of Women – in 1925 she was rebuked by Randall Thomas Davidson, the Archbishop of Canterbury, for advocating the ordination of women.

Another traditional interpretation was that the three crowns refer to the " Church Militant on earth ", the " Church Suffering after death and before heaven ", and the " Church Triumphant in eternal reward ".

: To be the true Church Militant ;

The purpose of the Christian Church Militant is to struggle against sin, the devil and ".. the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places " ( Ephesians 6: 12 ), but it is not a violent movement.

Militant is often used within some religious circles to denote the continuous battle of Christians ( as church members ) or the Christian Church in their struggle against sin.

The term Church Militant comprises all living Christians while Church Triumphant comprises those in Heaven.

A Roman Catholic concept encompassing those Christians in Purgatory, no longer part of the Church Militant and not yet part of the Church Triumphant.

In Roman Catholic theology it involves the Church Militant, the Church Triumphant, and also the Church Suffering.

This Protestant interpretation of the words " one, holy, catholic, and apostolic church " in the Nicene Creed identifies exclusively with the Church Triumphant — the church that exists " in heaven " or in eternity as opposed to the Church Militant — the communion of the faithful here on Earth.

The Church Militant and the Church Triumphant, fresco by Andrea da Firenze in Basilica of Santa Maria Novella | Santa Maria Novella, c. 1365

* The Church Universal and Triumphant in S. M. Stirling's Emberverse series

* Church Universal and Triumphant

* The Invocation of the Violet Flame is a system of meditation practice used in the " I AM " Activity and by the Church Universal and Triumphant ( both Ascended Master Teaching religions ).

When the Claretians sold their Claretville property in 1978 to Clare Prophet and her Church Universal and Triumphant ( CUT ) cult, Thomas Aquinas College purchased, moved to, and began construction on a permanent campus in Santa Paula, CA At the present time, the Gillette Estate / Claretville property is now known as the ' King Gillette Ranch ' and this property remains at the intersection of Mulholland Highway and Las Virgenes Road in Calabasas.

* The film Jesus Camp features footage of a children's prayer conference held at Christ Triumphant Church

* Church Universal and Triumphant

Fresco by Andrea di Bonaiuto in the Spanish Chapel: Allegory of the Active and Triumphant Church and of the Dominican order ( c. 1365 )

The large fresco on the right wall depicts the Allegory of the Active and Triumphant Church and of the Dominican order.

Elizabeth Clare Prophet, founder of the Church Universal and Triumphant, purchased the property in 1978, and ran her New Age church at the site until 1986 when Soka University of America bought the land.

* In the New Age Ascended Master Teachings of the Church Universal and Triumphant ( which are based on Theosophy ) it is believed that the Master Kuthumi has a special organization around him called the Order of the Brothers of the Golden Robe that is dedicated to the enlightenment of humanity through the second ray of wisdom.

Some of these churches are known as Anglican, such as the Anglican Church of Canada, due to their historical link to England ( Ecclesia Anglicana means " English Church ").

The Church of England has always thought of itself not as a new foundation but rather as a reformed continuation of the ancient " English Church " ( Ecclesia Anglicana ) and a reassertion of that church's rights.

* Ecclesia and Synagoga, meaning " Church and Synagogue ", are a pair of figures personifying the Roman Catholic Church and the Jewish synagogue found in medieval Christian art.

The draft presented to the Council on 8 March drew no serious criticism, but a group of 35 English-speaking bishops, who feared that the opening phrase of the first chapter, " Sancta romana catholica Ecclesia " ( the holy Roman Catholic Church ), might be construed as favouring the Anglican Branch Theory, later succeeded in having an additional adjective inserted, so that the final text read: " Sancta catholica apostolica romana Ecclesia " ( the holy Catholic Apostolic Roman Church ).

The Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei is a commission of the Roman Catholic Church established by Pope John Paul II's motu proprio Ecclesia Dei of 2 July 1988 for the care of those former followers of Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre who broke with him as a result of his consecration of four priests of his Society of St. Pius X as bishops on 30 June 1988, an act the Holy See deemed illicit and schismatic.

The Ecclesia minor or Minor Reformed Church of Poland, better known today as the Polish Brethren, was born as the result of a controversy that started on January 22, 1556, when Piotr of Goniądz ( Peter Gonesius ), a Polish student spoke out against the doctrine of the Trinity during the general synod of the Reformed ( Calvinist ) churches of Poland held in the village of Secemin.

After nine years of debate, in 1565, the anti-Trinitarians were excluded from the existing synod of the Polish Reformed Church ( henceforth the Ecclesia maior ) and they began to hold their own synods as the Ecclesia minor.

The first church was known as the ( Megálē Ekklēsíā, " Great Church "), or in Latin " Magna Ecclesia ",< ref name =" Great Church ">

The purpose of the work, along with the Ten Articles of the previous year, was to implement the reforms of Henry VIII in separating from the Roman Catholic Church and establishing the Ecclesia Anglicana.

They are: ( 1 ) In Basilica Sanctorum Petri et Pauli, for a church dedicated to St Peter and St Paul, possibly the church which Aldhem founded at Malmesbury, ( 2 ) In Basilica Beatae Mariae Semper Virginis, St Mary's Church, possibly also at Malmesbury, ( 3 ) In Ecclesia Mariae a Bugge Extructa, for the church built by Bugga, that is Eadburh of Minster-in-Thanet, a royal lady of the house of Wessex, ( 4 ) the twelve tituli known collectively as In Duodecim Apostolorum Aris and ( 5 ) In sancti Matthiae Apostoli Ecclesia.

also includes the Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica ( EGC ) or Gnostic Catholic Church, which is the ecclesiastical arm of the Order.

The Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica, or Gnostic Catholic Church, is the ecclesiastical arm of O. T. O.

Ecclesia Sanctae Mariae de Trums juxta paganos (" The Church of Saint Mary in Troms near the Heathens " – the nominal " heathens " being the Sámi ), was built during the reign of King Hákon Hákonarson.

There used to be a church here, the Church of St. Mary, mentioned in 1292 in a privilege of indulgence issued in Rome on February 5, 1292 by Pope Nicholas IV as Ecclesia beatæ Mariæ de Eikundarsund.

Henry's Act in Restraint of Appeals ( 1533 ) and the Acts of Supremacy ( 1534 ) declared that the English crown was " the only Supreme Head in earth of the Church of England, called Ecclesia Anglicana ," in order " to repress and extirpate all errors, heresies, and other enormities and abuses heretofore used in the same.

* Church militant ( Ecclesia Militans ) – Christians who are living.

* the Church Militant ( Ecclesia Militans ), comprising Christians on earth who are living ; Christian militia, who struggle against sin, the devil and ".. the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places " ( Ephesians 6: 12 ).