He maintained Catholicism's status as the official state religion but tried to curb the church's political powers and to encourage religious tolerance as a means of attracting Protestant immigrants and traders.

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After publishing its own edition in 1979, the First Presidency announced in 1992 that the KJV was the church's official English Bible, stating " hile other Bible versions may be easier to read than the King James Version, in doctrinal matters latter-day revelation supports the King James Version in preference to other English translations.

" In 2010 this was written into the church's Handbook, which directs official church policy and programs.

This document commemorated the birth of Jesus and set forth the church's official view regarding Christ.

Christian Science practitioners are listed in the Christian Science Journal, with the permission of the church's Board of Directors, their only form of official recognition by the church and among the Christian Science laity.

It is the church's de facto " official biography " of Eddy, though it was not published by the church.

Archbishop Heriger of Mainz offered to anoint Henry according to the usual ceremony, but he refused to be anointed by a high church official — the only King of his time not to undergo that rite — allegedly because he wished to be king not by the church's but by the people's acclaim.

The church's official teachings, the Divine Principle, was first published as Wolli Wonbon in 1946.

Despite the church's official stance, many members of the Church of the Brethren do not agree with pacifism.

A Doctrinal Advisory Team may report to the Advisory Council on the church's official doctrinal statements, epistemology, or apologetics.

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Each ( regional church ) was the official church of one of the states of Germany while the respective ruler was the church's formal head ( e. g. the King of Prussia headed the Evangelical Church of Prussia's older Provinces as supreme governor ), similar to the British monarch's role in the Church of England.

The church's official statement on the interpretation of the Word of Wisdom is short: it reaffirms the long-standing meaning of " hot drinks " and extends the substances covered by prohibition:

According to the church's official web site, " None of these practices, termed ordinances, are considered mandatory conditions of Christian experience or fellowship ".

As President of the High Priesthood, the Prophet – President is the church's leading priesthood official.

However, some ministers have subscribed to such teachings, and still hold them today, separate from the church's official stance on the subject.

Under great political and financial pressure, Woodruff issued the 1890 Manifesto which ended the church's official support of plural marriage in the territory of the United States and directed Latter-day Saints to enter only into marriages recognized by the laws in the areas in which they resided.

Woodruff was an Assistant Church Historian between 1856 and 1883 and was the church's eleventh official Church Historian between 1883 and 1889.

The church's official statement of beliefs are comparable to those of Armstrong's original Radio Church of God and the other WCG offshoots.

In 1913, Boy Scouting became the official youth activity program for the church's young men.

A common error made by journalists and theologians is interpreting the texts of L ' Osservatore Romano as if they were of official value for the Magisterium, the church's teaching authority.

The most significant result of the synod was the church's official adoption of the doctrine of Nestorianism.

Following the meeting, the Vatican released an official statement on the church's role in residential schools:

The church's archivist, fired in anticipation of the book's publication, wrote to branch churches to inform them of the book's history.

This led to the publication of his earliest surviving tract, which criticised the English church's suppression of the Puritan clergy.

The book's publication attracted a fair deal of unwelcome media attention and continued to be held by many members, in spite of the church's defense, to violate Eddy's basic teachings and the Manual of The Mother Church, the church's equivalent of constitutional law.

The book's publication attracted a fair deal of unwelcome media attention and continued to be held by some members, in spite of the Church's defense, to violate the church's basic teachings and its equivalent of constitutional law.

The church's publication is called The Bible Monitor.

The church's official publication is The Christian Outlook.

`` The church's ability to change her methods is going to determine her ability to meet the challenge of this hour ''.

His restless and imperious ambition for the church's growth, come what might for the non-Christians, is suggested by his preaching ’.

Along with his colleague the Archbishop of York he chairs the General Synod and sits or chairs many of the church's important boards and committees ; power in the church is not highly centralised, however, so the two archbishops can often lead only through persuasion.

Marriage is not a sacrament of the Christian Science church, but the church's by-laws require a legal, religious ceremony for marriage: " If a Christian Scientist is to be married, the ceremony shall be performed by a clergyman who is legally authorized.

Because much physical and spiritual violence was done to Jews in the name of Jesus and his followers, and because evangelism is still an active aspect of many church's activities, many Jews are uncomfortable with discussing Jesus and treat him as a non-person.

The Rotunda is located in the centre of the Anastasis, beneath the larger of the church's two domes.

A less grave sign of this state of affairs is located on a window ledge over the church's entrance.

The Roman Catholic Church does not consider the validity of an ecumenical council's teaching to be in any way dependent on where it is held or on the granting or withholding of prior authorization or legal status by any state, in line with the attitude of the 5th-century bishops who " saw the definition of the church's faith and canons as supremely their affair, with or without the leave of the Emperor " and who " needed no one to remind them that Synodical process pre-dated the Christianisation of the royal court by several centuries ".

However, many modern scholars disagree with Irenaeus, holding that while little is known of the circumstances of the church's founding, it was not founded by Paul.

The idea of freedom ( for the theatre against the dominance of its French model ; for religion from the church's dogma ) is his central theme throughout his life.

The church's headquarters is located in Unity Village, a self-contained, incorporated municipality lying east of the city near Lee's Summit.

'" The use of " Mormon " in other contexts is not generally considered offensive and is commonly used by the church's members.

Galatians 3. 28 and the Gender Dispute, Richard Hove argues that while Galatians 3: 28 means that one's sex does not affect salvation, " there remains a pattern of in which the wife is to emulate the church's submission to Christ () and the husband is to emulate Christ's love for the church.

It is revealed in " Deities " that he is a member of the Vu-Age Church, and is responsible for kidnapping Max on behalf of the church's leader.

This is derived from the name of the church's founder Sun Myung Moon, and was first used in 1974 by the American media.

In many churches in the United States, the title " Preacher " is synonymous with " Pastor " or " Minister ", and the church's minister is often referred to simply as " our / the preacher " or by name such as " Preacher Smith ".

Her case is to be heard by the church's court.