In congregationalism, rather uniquely, the church is understood to be a truly voluntary association.

Norman F. Cantor notes the three roles Boniface played that made him " one of the truly outstanding creators of the first Europe, as the apostle of Germany, the reformer of the Frankish church, and the chief fomentor of the alliance between the papacy and the Carolingian family.

In accordance with this belief that Christ is really, truly and substantially present under the remaining appearances of bread and wine, and continues to be present as long as those appearances remain, the Catholic Church preserves the consecrated elements, generally in a church tabernacle, for administering Holy Communion to the sick and dying, and also for the secondary, but still highly prized, purpose of adoring Christ present in the Eucharist.

The Missal does, however, direct that the tabernacle be situated " in a part of the church that is truly noble, prominent, conspicuous, worthily decorated, and suitable for prayer.

They say, for example, that the rubrics have reduced the number of genuflections and other gestures associated with reverence for the sacred elements ; that phrases such as " spiritual drink " are deliberately ambiguous ; and that the GIRM directs the removal of the tabernacle from its previous place on the main altar to another part of the church ( albeit one that is " truly noble, prominent, readily visible, beautifully decorated and suitable for prayer " – GIRM 314 ).

The current church, built in 1875, is one of two truly gothic buildings still standing in the U. S. The church is of mid-to-late 19th century Grecian design, with most original fixtures in place.

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.

The date 1662 was that of the Act of Uniformity following the Restoration ; it was after this point that nonconformist congregations truly began to develop and the Church of England ceased to be a comprehensive national church.

But, as Stone looked more deeply into the beliefs of the Presbyterians, especially the Westminster Confession of Faith, he doubted that some of the church beliefs were truly Bible-based.

Remission cannot be denied to someone who has truly repented their actions and has also made suitable reparation for damages and scandal or at least has seriously promised according to church law.

Since the Cutlerites assert that the Nauvoo Temple was never truly completed — an allegation contested by the LDS and most other Mormon factions — they allege that the Latter Day Saint church existing from 1830 to 1844 was indeed " rejected " by God.

:" This produces the paradox of truly historic significance that while Jewish Christianity was swallowed up in the Christian church, it preserved itself in Islam, and some of its most powerful impulses extend down to the present day ".

Roger Preston, Co-Principal Cello, who worked with Paavo on many occasions, said " Anyone who played with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in the largest wooden church in the world Kerimäki Church, Finland, as part of the BSO ’ s 1981 tour will tell that it was a truly unforgettable experience.

Virtually the only church in the UK that is still truly " Conformist " in this sense is the Church of England ( Continuing ).

In Catholic teaching, each diocese ( Latin Rite term ) or eparchy ( Eastern Rite term ) is also a local or particular Church, though it lacks the autonomy of the particular Churches described above: " A diocese is a section of the People of God entrusted to a bishop to be guided by him with the assistance of his clergy so that, loyal to its pastor and formed by him into one community in the Holy Spirit through the Gospel and the Eucharist, it constitutes one particular church in which the one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church of Christ is truly present and active.

At a time when the Church and our parish were far more “ protestant ” than “ Episcopal ”, he managed to achieve a church building that was truly Catholic in spirit and perfectly suited for Catholic worship-a dream that came closer to reality only years after Dr. Gates ' death.

Only then would a truly indigenous church exist.

Moreover, the existence of these emotionally charged atmospheres within a church is certainly not a guarantee that people who have " been saved " in this environment have, in fact, been truly regenerated by the Holy Spirit.

The Second Great Awakening had seen an emphasis on restoring the primitive church of Christ ; and Lucy, it appears, truly thought that her family was performing that service.

I am truly honored, very humbled and deeply grateful that our Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, has chosen me to serve as a cardinal of the church.

The most restricting extant styles from this period, which truly do hobble the wearer, are either evening wear or are found in wedding dresses when a woman was only required to take small measured steps down the aisle of a church.

* The Church of God ( Restoration ) claims to be the actual church that Jesus built and dates back to the early Apostles in the New Testament, although there is no actual historical proof to substantiate this claim, but what they believe by saying that all the truly saved are all part of the body of Jesus Christ.

The mixture of styles is truly bewildering ; from the onion domes of a Russian orthodox church, to the Arabic style ceiling, to the distinctly Indian looking Aron kodesh.

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.