In a periodic review, the local board on July 30, 1953, reclassified him 1-a and upheld this classification after a personal appearance by petitioner, because of his willingness to kill in defense of his church and home.

It was William's only personal foundation — he was buried before the high altar of the church in 1214.

The church was founded by Mary Baker Eddy in 1879 following a personal healing in 1866, which she claimed resulted from reading the Bible.

From the age of ten Eugene had been brought up for a career in the church ; a personal choice of the King, basing the decision on the young Prince's poor physique and bearing.

While critics point to the common practice of pseudonymous writing in the ancient world, they usually fail to point out that this practice, though common in the culture, was not common in personal letters, and was categorically rejected by the early church ( cf.

Much of the free-love tradition is an offshoot of anarchism, and reflects a civil libertarian philosophy that seeks freedom from state regulation and church interference in personal relationships.

In France, the Left has been divided over moves to ban the hijab from schools, with some supporting a ban based on separation of church and state, and others opposing the ban based on personal freedom.

Of 293 Christian church members, more than 32 percent were told by their church pastor that they or their loved one did not really have a mental illness, and that the cause of their problem was solely spiritual in nature, such as a personal sin, lack of faith or demonic involvement.

Thus, parents may receive inspiration from God in raising their families, individuals can receive divine inspiration to help them meet personal challenges, church officers may receive revelation for those whom they serve.

As chief of the church he was able and sagacious, and showed that he comprehended the conditions on which its monopoly of spiritual power could for a season be maintained ; his views were far-seeing and liberal ; and he was but slightly swayed by personal ends.

All elders elected to serve on the congregation's session of elders are required to undergo a period of study and preparation for this order of ministry, after which the session examines the elders-elect as to their personal faith ; knowledge of doctrine, government, and discipline contained in the Constitution of the church, and the duties of the office of elder.

For instance, some sociologists have argued that steady church attendance and personal religious belief may coexist with a decline in the influence of religious authorities on social or political issues.

The brothers formed a close-knit family group, and Adela encouraged Stephen to take up the role of a feudal knight, whilst steering Henry towards a career in the church, possibly so that their personal career interests would not overlap.

He was very pious, both in terms of his observance of religious rituals and his personal generosity to the church.

Stephen also had a personal Augustine confessor appointed to him by the Archbishop of Canterbury, who implemented a penitential regime for him, and Stephen encouraged the new order of Cistercians to form abbeys on his estates, winning him additional allies within the church.

Today, the church accepts women as priests and Halonen has stated that she has no personal reason not to return to the church but refrains from doing so in order not to give a signal that might be misinterpreted.

The Cape Town church isn't exclusively Christian since formal members and friends in the congregation maintain their own personal beliefs.

Westminster Abbey is a collegiate church governed by the Dean and Chapter of Westminster, as established by Royal charter of Queen Elizabeth I in 1560, which created it as the Collegiate Church of St Peter Westminster and a Royal Peculiar under the personal jurisdiction of the Sovereign.

Brown withdrew his membership from the Congregational church in the 1840s and never officially joined another church, but both he and his father Owen were fairly conventional evangelicals for the period with its focus on the pursuit of personal righteousness.

An in-situ example of Gill's design and personal cutting of his Perpetua typeface can be found in the nave of Poling church in West Sussex, on a wall plaque commemorating the life of Sir Harry Johnston.

Under the doctrine of continuing revelation, Latter-day Saints believe that Jesus Christ, under the direction of Heavenly Father, leads the church by revealing His will to its president, whom adherents regard as a modern-day " prophet, seer, and revelator ".

Divine revelation for the direction of the entire church comes from God to the President of the Church, who is viewed by Latter-day Saints as a prophet in the same sense as Noah, Abraham, Moses, Peter, and other biblical leaders.

First Council of the Vatican ( 1870 ; officially, 1870 – 1960 ) defined pope's primacy in church governance and his infallibility, repudiated rationalism, materialism and atheism, addressed revelation, interpretation of scripture and the relationship of faith and reason.

While some limit speaking in tongues to speech addressed to God-" prayer or praise ", others claim that speech in tongues is revelation from God to the church, and when interpreted into human language by those embued with the gift of interpretation of tongues for the benefit of others present, may be considered equivalent to prophecy.

The Shepherd of Hermas describes revelation in a vision regarding the proper operation of prophecy in the church.

Jesus Christ stands at the head of the church and leads the church through revelation given to a living prophet and Twelve Apostles.

Other schisms from Orthodoxy include Doukhobors which in the 18th century rejected secular government, the Russian Orthodox priests, icons, all church ritual, the Bible as the supreme source of divine revelation and the divinity of Jesus, and later emigrated into Canada.

* the lack of continuous revelation to instruct the leaders and guide the church ; and

Latter-day Saints believe that the often heated proceedings of such councils were evidence that the church was no longer led by revelation and divine authority.

The belief in continuing divine revelation is a distinctive aspect of the church.

In criticizing the Roman Catholic clergy who did not believe in continued revelation from heaven, Müntzer stated, " These villainous and treacherous parsons are of no use to the church in even the slightest manner, for they deny the voice of the bridegroom, which is a truly certain sign that they are a pack of devils.

BYU historian Thomas G. Alexander points out that while the original Word of Wisdom as a " principle with promise " was given by revelation, there is no evidence that any church leader has claimed a separate new revelation, or even a spiritual confirmation, of changing the Word of Wisdom from " a principle with promise " to a commandment.

During his appearances at church conventions in the 1980s, Popoff routinely and accurately stated the home addresses and specific illnesses of his audience members, a feat many believed was due to divine revelation and " God given ability ".

According to the LDS Church, the vision teaches that God the Father and Jesus Christ are separate beings with glorified bodies of flesh and bone ; that mankind was literally created in the image of God ; that Satan is real but God infinitely greater ; that God hears and answers prayer ; that no other contemporary church had the fullness of Christ's gospel ; and that revelation has not ceased.

The church began taking a broader view of the vision, and used it as an example of how God evolves the church over time through revelation and restoration.

In Community of Christ, by contrast, each new church president has generally been " designated " as the successor by God through revelation received by the preceding church president ( while still in that role ).

The Church of the Nazarene, an evangelical Christian denomination, sees " knowledge acquired by science and human inquiry equal to that acquired by divine revelation ," and, while the church "' believes in the Biblical account of creation ' and holds that God is the sole creator, it allows latitude ' regarding the " how " of creation.

Thus, as outlined in the Doctrine and Covenants, only the President of the Church is entitled to receive revelation or dictate policy for the entire church.

The church truly is not a rest home for saints, but a hospital for sinners.

There were two liquor saloons not very far from the church, one white, that is conducted for white people with a side entrance for Negroes ; ;

He could no longer build anything, whether a private residence in his Pennsylvania county or a church in Brazil, without it being obvious that he had done it, and while here and there he was taken to task for again developing the same airy technique, they were such fanciful and sometimes even playful buildings that the public felt assured by its sense of recognition after a time, a quality of authentic uniqueness about them, which, once established by an artist as his private vision, is no longer disputable as to its other values.

The service is over, and a number of people come from the church with their spokesman Mityukh in the lead.

The truth, however, is that the ecumenical church is just the local church in its own true character as an integral unit of the whole People of God throughout the world.

The other misconception is that our ecumenical problems will be solved if only the knowledge of the church in its world-wide extension and its interdenominational connections, now comprehended by many national leaders, can be communicated to all congregations.

However needed this may be, the fundamental problem is not information but active commitment to the total mission of the church of Christ in the world.

The basic unit in the church, of whatever denominational polity, is always the congregation.

There is a vast difference between the community of reconciliation which the New Testament describes and the community of congeniality found in the average church building.

He often spoke of them as his `` ecumenical '' glasses and used them as a symbol of the kind of vision that is required in the church.

On the one hand, there are ecumenists who are so stirred by the crises of the church in its encounter with the world at large that they have no eyes for what the church is doing in their own town.

But what is this church doing to help its members understand their roles as Christians in the world??

To put it bluntly, many a local church is giving its members only what they consciously want.

There must first be a deeper sense that the church belongs not to us but to Christ, and that it is His purpose, not our own interests and preferences, that determines what it is to be and do.

Yet the truth, according to the New Testament, is that every local church has its existence only by being the embodiment of the whole church in that particular place.

As you approach the church on the Via D. Baullari you are passing within yards of the remains of the Roman Theatre of Pompey, near which is believed to have been the place where Julius Caesar was assassinated.

The dome of the church is, outside of St. Peter's, one of the largest in Rome.

Rare, indeed, is the Harlem citizen, from the most circumspect church member to the most shiftless adolescent, who does not have a long tale to tell of police incompetence, injustice, or brutality.

If we add to these contacts with friendly members the `` contacts with an organization of the church '' ( 11.2 per cent of the cases ), then a substantial two thirds of all recruitment is through friendly contact.