Abrasax is invoked in Aleister Crowley's 1913 work, " The Gnostic Mass " of Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica:

* Ecclesia Dei is the motu proprio of 2 July 1988 that Pope John Paul II issued in response to the Ecône consecrations.

This enemy is repeated with the same game mechanic and frames on the Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin & Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia also for Nintendo DS.

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.

* December 25 – The Rosicrucian Fellowship's spiritual healing temple The Ecclesia is founded at Mount Ecclesia, Oceanside, California.

The Note is introduced by the following words: " A preliminary note of explanation is being given to the Council Fathers from higher authority, regarding the Modi bearing on Chapter III of the Schema de Ecclesia ; the doctrine set forth in Chapter III ought to be explained and understood in accordance with the meaning and intent of this explanatory note.

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.

is a requirement for ordination as a priest or priestess in Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica ).

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

The church is first mentioned in the papal nuntiers ( sendebuds ) the accounting and diaries that were taken during the collection of tithes for the Nordic countries during the period 1282-1324, when as " Ecclesia Aamsodal.

Next to his Greek Testament his best-known work is The Christian Ecclesia ( 1897 ).

When the first set of wings is opened, the Annunciation, Angelic Concert ( sometimes interpreted as the Birth of Ecclesia ) Mary bathing Christ, and Resurrection are displayed.

The Ecclesia Gnostica ( Latin for The Church of Gnosis or The Gnostic Church ) is an openly Gnostic liturgical Church that is practicing publicly.

The Ecclesia Gnostica is a liturgical orthopraxy rather than an orthodoxy.

In addition to the forms of liturgical service in the tradition of the Christian church, there is also the devotional service to the Holy Sophia that is unique to the rite of the Ecclesia Gnostica.

Stephan A. Hoeller, PhD, noted author and lecturer and a leading exponent of Gnosticism as living religious practice, has been director of studies since 1963, and is also the Bishop of the Ecclesia Gnostica.

An author and scholar of Gnosticism and Jungian psychology, Hoeller is Regionary Bishop of Ecclesia Gnostica, and the senior holder of the English Gnostic transmission in America.

Although no longer Christian, Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica, also known as E. G. C., recognizes apostolic succession as a major spiritual tenet.

* Ecclesia was also used in this sense by other groups in the 19th Century and by the Jehovah's Witnesses until 1930s.

Fausto Sozzini was further influential through the posthumous Racovian Catechism which set out his uncle Lelio's views on Christology and replaced earlier catechisms of the Ecclesia Minor, and also after his death through the writings of his students issued in Polish and Latin from the press of the Racovian Academy at Raków, Kielce County.

There was also a chapel, the chapel of St. Laurenti, mentioned in a letter issued on February 5 of 1308 as Ecclesia beati Laurentii de Eikundarsund, where Pope Clement V gives King Håkon V Magnusson extensive privileges concerning the king's 14 chapels ( including the chapel of St. Laurenti ), which was founded by himself or his father, King Magnus Lagabøte, and his grandfather, King Håkon Håkonson.

He has also published many scholarly articles in various journals including The Thomist, New Blackfriars, Communio, First Things, Pro Ecclesia, Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture, and the International Journal of Systematic Theology.

There is also a Christadelphian Ecclesia in Linden, as well as a traditional Catholic chapel, run by priests from the Society of St. Pius X, who are based in Wanganui.

The creed of Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica — also known as the Gnostic Creed — is recited in the Gnostic Mass, during the Ceremony of the Introit.

While most of the students were from the US, there were also Malagasy, Canadian and Norwegian students who went to this school, which from the 1960s to the end of the 1970s averaged 50 to 60 students per year in grades 1-12. Notable alumni include Dr. Carl Braaten, a noted Lutheran Theologian and co-founder of the Center for Catholic and Evangelical Theology and the theological journal Pro Ecclesia, Arndt Braaten, a pastor and professor at Luther College, David Brancaccio of the PBS NOW program, Dr. Peter Dyrud, Minneapolis Cardiologist, Dr. Pier Larson, Professor of African History, Johns Hopkins and Dr. Stan Quanbeck, medical missionary to Madagascar for 40 years.

( 3 ) Actus Pontificum Cantuariensis Ecclesia, a history of the archbishops of Canterbury to the death of Hubert Walter in 1205, also printed by Twysden with the chronicle.

Following the disappointments and strife which took place in Missouri during initial attempts to establish a " City of the Saints " in the region, the concept of Zion evolved to encompass a less geographically-specific idea similar to the orthodox Christian concept of the " ekklesia " ( See Ecclesia ( Church ))" or community of believers regardless of location.

* Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia, a Nintendo DS video game.

* The video game Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia features an enemy named " Jersey Devil.

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.

While not considered orthodox Christian, the Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica uses roles and titles derived from Christianity for its clerical hierarchy, including bishops who have much the same authority and responsibilities as in Roman Catholicism.

Ecclesia and evangelist portrait s. A number of biblical passages, including those describing Christ as a " bridegroom " led early in the history of the church to the concept of the church as the Bride of Christ, which was shown in art using a queenly personification.

* Ecclesia or Ekklēsia, the principal assembly of ancient Athens during its Golden Age.

* 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.

Episcopacy was thus seen as a given of the Reformed Ecclesia Anglicana, and a foundation in the institution's appeal to ancient and apostolic legitimacy.

Paul III received favorably Contarini's Consilium de Emendanda Ecclesia, which was circulated among the cardinalate, but it remained a dead letter.

The inquisitors generally preferred not to hand over heretics to the secular arm for execution if they could persuade the heretic to repent: Ecclesia non novit sanguinem.

For the Diocese of Rome, these functions are not handled by the Roman Curia, but by the Vicariate General of His Holiness for the City of Rome, as provided by the Apostolic Constitution Ecclesia in Urbe.

Pope John XXIII opened the Council on 11 October 1962 in a public session and read the declaration Gaudet Mater Ecclesia before the Council Fathers.

Some of the Cao Dai saints and saints of Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica are examples of such.

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.