Anglican clergy who join the Orthodox Church are reordained ; but Orthodox Churches hold that if Anglicanism and Orthodoxy were to reach full unity in the faith, perhaps such reordination might not be found necessary.

In contrast, in the Arian German kingdoms established on the wreckage of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century, there were entirely separate Arian and Nicene Churches with parallel hierarchies, each serving different sets of believers.

The first ayahuasca ‘ Churches ’ affiliated to the Brazilian Santo Daime were established in the Netherlands.

Churches in the regions outside an important city were served by Chorbishop, an official rank of bishops.

In 1965 Pope Paul VI decreed in his motu proprio Ad Purpuratorum Patrum that patriarchs of the Eastern Catholic Churches who were named cardinals would also be part of the episcopal order, ranked after the six cardinal bishops of the suburbicarian sees ( who had been relieved of direct responsibilities for those sees by Pope John XXIII three years earlier ).

Churches in Germany, as elsewhere, were willing to allow peasants to inherit their land.

Both the Patriarchate of Addis Ababa and all Ethiopia, and the Patriarchate of Asmara and all Eritrea do acknowledge the supremacy of honor and dignity of the Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria on the basis that both Patriarchates were established by the Throne of Alexandria and that they have their roots in the Apostolic Church of Alexandria, and acknowledge that Saint Mark the Apostle is the founder of their Churches through the heritage and Apostolic evangelization of the Fathers of Alexandria.

By mid century, the cooperative Christian Churches and the independent Christian Churches were following different paths.

Under the Design, all churches in the 1968 yearbook of Christian Churches ( Disciples of Christ ) were automatically recognized as part of the Christian Church ( Disciples of Christ ).

Eggs were originally forbidden during Lent as well as on other traditional fast days in Western Christianity ( this tradition still continues among the Eastern Christian Churches ).

The evangelical Free Churches, which were more accepting of Gaelic language and culture, grew rapidly in the Highlands and Islands, appealing much more strongly than did the established church.

Lutherans and the World Council of Churches were disappointed.

Many religions popular in ethnic regions of the Soviet Union, including the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Catholic Churches, Baptists, Islam, Buddhism, and Judaism underwent ordeals similar to that which the Orthodox churches in other parts of the country suffered: thousands of monks were persecuted, and hundreds of churches, synagogues, mosques, temples, sacred monuments, monasteries and other religious buildings were razed.

The Wesleyan Methodist Connexion ( later became The Wesleyan Church ) and the Free Methodist Churches were formed by staunch abolitionists, and the Free Methodists were especially active in the Underground Railroad, which helped to free the slaves.

Churches in the South were primarily proslavery, while northern churches started antislavery movements.

Churches were being built at Gniezno, Poznań, Ostrów Lednicki and elsewhere.

Later the Dutch were united more formally with many of these groups under the name " Utrecht Union of Churches ".

Decentralized authority and increased independence of the Uniate Churches were aimed at in the Canon Law / Corpis Iuris Canonici ( CIC ) reform.

In opposition to French Catholic bishop Jacques-Benigne Bossuet he published Some Remarks upon the Ecclesiastical History of the Ancient Churches of Piedmont ( 1690 ), and Remarks upon the Ecclesiastical History of the Ancient Churches of the Albigenses ( 1692 ), with the idea of showing that the Albigensians were not Manichaeans, but historically identical with the Waldenses.

Ultramontanism is not recognised by either Eastern or Oriental Orthodox churches, which see it as unsupported by Scripture or Tradition ; these Churches regard the Pope as having been primus inter pares when the two churches were in communion, and do not recognize the doctrines of infallibility or the Pope's alleged jurisdiction over patriarchates or autocephalous Churches other than that of Rome, except insofar as this is part of the concept of primus inter pares

Old and disused church buildings can be seen as an interesting proposition for developers as the architecture and location often provide for attractive homes or city centre entertainment venues On the other hand, many newer Churches have decided to host meetings in public buildings such as schools, universities, cinemas < ref >

In the Amharic Bible used by the Ethiopian Orthodox Church ( an Oriental Orthodox Church ), those books of the Old Testament that are still counted as canonical, but not by all other Churches, are often set in a separate section titled " Deeyutrokanoneekal " ( ዲዩትሮካኖኒካል ), which is the same word.

These groups include the ' Brethren ' ( often both ' Open ' and ' Exclusive '), the Churches of Christ, Mennonites, Primitive Baptists, and certain Reformed churches, although during the last century or so, several of these, such as the Free Church of Scotland have abandoned this stance.

Churches also often played a role, especially the Religious Society of Friends ( Quakers ), Congregationalists, Wesleyans, and Reformed Presbyterians as well as certain sects of mainstream denominations such as branches of the Methodist church and American Baptists.

However, Arthur Mackmurdo's book-cover for Wren's City Churches ( 1883 ), with its rhythmic floral patterns, is often considered the first realisation of Art Nouveau.

Protestants often assert that practices that seem especially strange to them, such as regular fasting ( several Protestant Churches practice fasting ), veneration of relics and icons, honoring the Virgin Mary ( known as the Theotokos to the Orthodox and as Mother of God to Catholics ), and observing special holy days, must have been introduced after the time of Constantine ( or even introduced by Constantine as a way to lead the Church into paganism ).

The two denominations are now referred to collectively as the " Spencer Churches " ( or, less often, the " Union Churches ").

The sees of Rome and Constantinople were often at odds with one another, just as the Greek and Latin Churches as a whole were often at odds both politically and in things ecclesiastical.

They are often called, in English, Oriental Orthodox Churches, to distinguish them from the Eastern Orthodox Churches.

In the Eastern Churches, clergy often make their confession in the sanctuary.

Traditional Presbyterian Churches in Scotland and elsewhere often had a Central pulpit, that is, the Pulpit was located in the centre of the chancel in the position where most churches have the communion table or altar.

The believers in the Local Churches often audibly call on the Name of Jesus which can be considered a form of instant prayer.

* An often inaccurate translation of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches

:: Churches often hand out the dole to parishioners in hard times.

The Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada, often known simply as The Fellowship is a conservative Baptist association in Canada.

The Dormition of the Theotokos (, Koímēsis, often anglicized as Kimisis ) is a Great Feast of the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches which commemorates the " falling asleep " or death of the Theotokos ( Mary, the mother of Jesus ; literally translated as God-bearer ), and her bodily resurrection before being taken up into heaven.

* Within the Apostolic Christian Churches ( Nazarean ), singing often includes instrumental accompaniment.

The churches often label their church signs as Church of Christ, Instrumental to differentiate them from the Churches of Christ ( non-instrumental ) movement of Alexander Campbell and others.

The labarum, an amalgamation of the two Greek letters rendered as ☧, is a symbol often used to represent Christ in Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox Christian Churches.

Churches were not constructed with the same degree of urgency, and were most often built of native stone — a more durable material than the wood of which barns were made, and more time consuming to lay.

This led to at least the perception, perhaps even the reality, of two parallel Roman Catholic Churches in China, often referred to as the " official " Church and the " underground " one.