In 2007, the LDS Church claimed that an image of the angel Moroni in an advertisement violated one of the church's registered trademarks.

Today, the cardinal priests have a loose patronal relationship with their titular churches ( their names and coats of arms are inscribed on plaques in the churches, and many raise funds for their church's maintenance and restoration ), but they no longer participate in the actual management of the churches.

The " Flodden Window ", in the church's sanctuary, is thought to be the oldest war memorial in the United Kingdom, memorialising the names of the archers of Middleton who fought at the Battle of Flodden Field ( 1513 ).

The church and adjoining vicarage cost £ 28, 000 (£ today ) and were paid for by a local merchant Matthew James Glenton, whose Christian names were used for the church's dedications.

Many Methodists believe that the function of ' bishop ' is already part of the church's structures-though called by different names.

A box put into the cornerstone contained a Bible, a hymn book, the church's rules, a letter with the names of its five trustees and copies of the newspapers, The Tribune and The Sun.

Other common shapes for churches include a circle, to represent eternity, or an octagon or similar star shape, to represent the church's bringing light to the world.

The church's textbook, the Divine Principle does not include the teaching that Zacharias was the father of Jesus, however according to Ruth Tucker some members of the church hold that belief based on the work of Leslie Weatherhead.

Highlights of the church's components include the Main chapel, where may be found the praying statues of the Catholic Monarchs, which consists of a series of Corinthian columns with the entablature resting on their capitals, and the vault over all.

Plans for the church's future include ongoing remodeling for the old parish hall, recently renamed Pulaski Hall.

Officers elected include the general overseer, the assistant general overseers, the secretary general, and the directors of the church's missionary and Christian education ministries.

As a " first-day " body of Adventist Christians established by The Advent Christian General Conference in 1860, the church's beliefs include " conditional immortality " and a form of " soul sleep ".

Some of his major contributions include the creation of the church's 2000th stake and his negotiations to acquire land in Jerusalem to build the BYU Jerusalem Center, which he later dedicated.

The stake auxiliaries correspond to the ward-level auxiliaries, and include the Stake Relief Society ( the church's women's organization ), the Stake Primary ( for children under 12 years of age ), the Stake Young Men and Young Women, and the Stake Sunday School organizations.

Because of the church's focus on families, the Correlation Committee recommended a three-hour block of meetings on Sundays that would include a sacrament meeting, Sunday School, priesthood meetings, Relief Society and children's classes.

Also on display are the church's registers dating back to the 16th century, and notable entries include the baptism of William Penn, the marriage of John Quincy Adams, and the burial of Archbishop William Laud.

By definition, general authorities are members of the church's priesthood, which does not include women.

However, he quickly expanded the scope of his view to include all aspects of human life ( according to the church's definition ).

These include weddings, funerals, holidays, holy days of obligation, the feast day of the church's patron Saint, and other special masses.

Cristea's discourse incorporated national elements, arguing that the Orthodox faith was part of the Romanian soul and he argued that the church's values include " patriotism " and " obedience towards authorities " alongside " faith and morality ".

Nowadays, the church's features include:

In December 2011 it was announced that the church is to be restored and developed into accommodation for 100 students with redevelopment work to include the rebuilding of one of the church's turrets and a remodelling of the exterior.

The church's activity has expanded to include daily prayer, regular worship services, meditation, discussion groups and other sorts of new initiatives that seek to honour the past and forge a future for this important place.

The church's music and arts programs include adult and children's choirs, a handbell choir, a dance group, a drama group, a chamber music series, a film series, a coffee house and an art gallery.

They include the church's long-serving 19th-Century rector, the Rev Pierce Galliard Smith, and Colonel John George Nathaniel Gibbes, who occupied Yarralumla homestead from 1859 until his death 14 years later.

Due to these beliefs, in its Spring 2005 " Intelligence Report ", the Southern Poverty Law Center named the FLDS Church to its " hate group " listing because of the church's teachings on race, which include a fierce condemnation of interracial relationships.

The Bible and Eddy's textbook on Christian healing, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, are together the church's key doctrinal sources and have been ordained as the church's " dual impersonal pastor ".

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.

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.

Many Christian Scientists thought the book violated the church's by-laws, and the editors of the church's religious periodicals and several other church employees resigned in protest.

* Christian Science Mark Twain's famous, vitriolic 1907 polemic mocking Mary Baker Eddy, her writings, and the church's financial arrangements.

Though their development was gradual, we can date the full-blown appearance and general ecclesiastical ( as opposed to simply popular or local ) acceptance of Christian images as venerated and miracle-working objects to the 6th century, when, as Hans Belting writes, " we first hear of the church's use of religious images.

Though the religion quickly gained a large following of Christian seekers, in the 1830s, many American Christians came to view the church's early doctrines and practices as politically and culturally subversive, as well as doctrinally heretical, abominable, and condemnable.

In order to meet Norman's hospital bills, in November 2002 Solid Rock Records began releasing the Essential Series on CD-R, a set of seven Norman albums, with 142 songs ( including 16 previously unreleased songs ), which comprised: Instigator, which included rough mix versions of two previously unreleased songs, " Butterfly " and " Kulderachna ", both removed from 1973's So Long Ago the Garden ; Agitator, which included three unreleased bonus tracks, " Sweet Silver Angels ", " God, Part 2 ", and " People In My Past "; Liberator, which included songs that were aimed at " liberating Christians who felt trapped inside the church and also providing a cultural doorway to allow those who felt dismissed and isolated by Christianity to find their way into fellowship with Christ regardless of the church's response toward them "; Collaborator, which featured songs representing " the combined efforts of Charles and Larry from lyrics and melodies to arrangements and production ", including three unreleased songs: " Perfect World ", " Don't Wanna Be Like You ", and " Jesus Is God ", recorded about 2000 ; Emancipator, included two unreleased songs of Norman singing with Randy Stonehill: a Christian version of the folk song " He Was a Friend of Mine ", which had been popularized by The Byrds and Bob Dylan, which was re-titled " He is a Friend of Mine ", and " I Love You ", the song Stonehill and Norman co-wrote in 1971 for Stonehill's Born Twice album ; Infiltrator, which sees love as " the most powerful infiltrator in the world ", is a collection of Norman's love songs, and includes two new releases: a cover of David Noble's " Waves of Grace ", and " Stranger, Won't You Change "; and Survivor, included the full 8-minute version of " Dark Passage ", an unreleased third verse of " Baby Out of Wedlock ", and " One Star Remains ", which is Judee Sill's " My Man On Love " from her 1971 eponymous debut album.

Eddy authorized these students to list themselves as Christian Science Practitioners in the church's periodical, The Christian Science Journal.

She also founded the Christian Science Journal in 1883, a monthly magazine aimed at the church's members and, in 1898, the Christian Science Sentinel, a weekly religious periodical written for a more general audience, and the Herald of Christian Science, a religious magazine with editions in many languages.

Garner Ted also spoke of greatly expanding the church's media ministry on the model of the Church of Christ, Scientist with its widely read Christian Science Monitor.

Most of the decorative elements have Christian symbolism, in reference to the church's Episcopalian roots, but the cathedral is filled with memorials to persons or events of national significance: statues of Washington and Lincoln, state seals embedded in the marble floor of the narthex, state flags that hang along the nave, stained glass commemorating events like the Lewis and Clark expedition and the raising of the American flag at Iwo Jima.

The church's directors and the manager of the Christian Science Publishing Society were purportedly forced to plan cutbacks and closures ( later denied ), which led in 1989 to the mass protest resignations by its famed editor Kay Fanning ( an ASNE president and former editor of the Anchorage Daily News ), managing editor David Anable, associate editor David Winder, and several other newsroom staff.

Expecting God's Kingdom to establish rule on earth and for the saints to be raised to heaven in 1918, Rutherford wrote in January of that year: " The Christian looks for the year to bring the full consummation of the church's hopes.

The Christian Scholars Group on Christian-Jewish Relations is a group of 22 Christian scholars, theologians, historians and clergy from six Christian Protestant denominations and the Roman Catholic Church, which works to " develop more adequate Christian theologies of the church's relationship to Judaism and the Jewish people.