" Therefore in this early period it was Wycliffe who recognised and formulated one of the two major formal principles of the Reformation — the unique authority of the Bible for the belief and life of the Christian.

Later he paid more attention to the Bible and early Christian writers, especially Gregory of Tours and Augustine of Hippo ; and thus he came to formal theology.

"< ref >< cite > In XV Psalmos graduum </ cite > 1532-33 ; WA 40 / III. 352. 3 </ ref > Lutherans follow Luther in this when they call this doctrine " the material principle " of theology in relation to the Bible, which is " the formal principle.

* Dynamic and formal equivalence word-for-word translation, especially of the Bible

" This formal meeting, held at Farwell Hall, resulted in the group founding the Chicago Evangelization Society, which was later renamed the Moody Bible Institute after Moody's death.

In America, the designation of the building in which Open Brethren assemblies meet most often include the word " Chapel " in their formal name, combined with a biblical place name or principle or otherwise a local geographic feature — for instance, Bethany Chapel, Central Gospel Chapel, Park Road Bible Chapel, Riverview Believers Chapel.

Similarly, there is no formal creed other than the Bible.

Although evidently widely known at the time of the Development of the Hebrew Bible canon, 1 Enoch was excluded from both the formal canon of the Tanakh and the typical canon of the Septuagint and therefore, also the writings known today as the Deuterocanon.

They felt the Mennonites had grown cold and formal, and were seeking greater emphasis on discipline, prayer and Bible study.

He regularly prayed and read the Bible as well as works by visionaries such as Paracelsus, Weigel and Schwenckfeld, although he received no formal education.

They felt the Mennonites had grown cold and formal, and were seeking greater emphasis on discipline, prayer and Bible study.

It has been suggested that this " thought-for-thought " methodology, while making the translation easier to understand, is less accurate than a literal ( formal equivalence ) method, and thus the New Living Translation may not be suitable for those wishing to undertake detailed study of the Bible.

The translation committee sought to strike a balance between the two prevailing philosophies of Bible translation: formal equivalence ( literal, " word-for-word ", etc.

Normally, the selection is based on a perception of character and ability to teach the Bible rather than formal training in education.

It started in 1836 as the Putney Bible School and became a formal communal organization in 1844, practicing complex marriage, male continence, and striving for Perfection.

In the preface to the first edition, W. Hall Harris III, Ph. D., " The NET Bible Project Director " claims that the NET Bible solves the problem of dynamic vs. formal equivalence:

The goal of this was to create a Bible that would be scholarly yet not overly formal.

The use of Strong's numbers is not a substitute for professional translation of the Bible from Hebrew and Greek into English by those with formal training in ancient languages and the literature of the cultures in which the Bible was written.

The use of Strong's numbers is not a substitute for professional translation of the Bible from Hebrew and Greek into English by those with formal training in ancient languages and the literature of the cultures in which the Bible was written.

The decision to have the characters speak in contemporary colloquial English was, by itself, the cause of much disquiet among those more used to hearing Jesus and his followers speaking in the polished and formal words of the King James Bible.

He was raised on the family farm, and his formal education was limited to attending a country grammar school, but he taught himself by reading the Bible many times over.

The terms " dynamic equivalence " and " formal equivalence " were originally coined to describe ways of translating the Bible, but the two approaches are applicable to any translation.

In 1868 formal ties with Presbyterian and Congregational churches were cut, but Ripon remained somewhat religious for much of its history.

A decade's work on the part of both churches resulted in the current-day Presbyterian Church ( USA ), which began in 1983 ( the current PC ( USA ) should not be confused with the earlier PCUSA, which had the words in its formal title spelled out after the word Church ).

But its success meant that Methodists gradually built up their own networks, structures, and even meeting houses ( or chapels ), which led eventually to the secession of 1811 and the formal establishment of the Calvinistic Methodist Presbyterian Church of Wales in 1823.

The popularity of evensong has spread to other Protestant denominations, particularly churches of the Presbyterian Church ( USA ) and United Methodist churches which use a formal liturgical worship style.

In the days following PC's formal denouncement of ranking systems, however, Presbyterian College was ranked no.

His outspoken views of Christian theology were criticized by the Presbyterian Church of Australia, leading to formal charges of heresy.

In March 2008, the South Atlantic Presbytery separated from the General Synod of the denomination in opposition to formal relations between the Bible Presbyterians and the Orthodox Presbyterian Church.

GPCNZ is in the process of forming formal links with the Reformed Churches of New Zealand, Presbyterian Church of Australia, and the Presbyterian Church in America.

The New England authorities desired a formal statement of polity and a confession of faith because of the current Presbyterian ascendancy in England and the activities of local Presbyterians such as Dr. Robert Child.

As they do not receive Holy Orders in the Catholic, Orthodox and Oriental Churches, they do not possess the ability to ordain any religious to Holy Orders, or even admit their members to the non-ordained ministries to which they can be installed by the ordained clergy ( females do not serve as clergy anyway, per formal church teaching, in these churches ), nor do they exercise the authority they do possess under canon law over any territories outside of their monastery and its territory ( though non-cloistered, non-contemplative female religious members who are based in a convent or monastery but who participate in external affairs may assist as needed by the diocesan bishop and local secular clergy and laity, in certain pastoral ministries and administrative and non-administrative functions not requiring ordained ministry or status as a male cleric in those churches or programs ).

Independent Baptist churches have no formal organizational structure above the level of the local congregation.

In Silicon Valley, the Bay Area English Regency Society sponsors local dance classes and formal balls in churches, community centers, and other venues.

In some contexts, theology is pursued as an academic discipline without formal affiliation to any particular church ( though individual members of staff may well have affiliations to different churches ), and without ministerial training being a central part of their purpose.

These small congregations belonged, however, to more formal associations of churches.

The Eastern Orthodox Church, under the Orthodox Church of Constantinople was vigorous in its missionary outreach under the Roman Empire and continuing Byzantine Empire, and its missionary outreach had lasting effect, either founding, influencing or establishing formal relations with some 16 Orthodox national churches including the Romanian Orthodox Church, the Georgian Orthodox and Apostolic Church and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church ( both said to have been founded by the missionary Apostle Andrew ), the Bulgarian Orthodox Church ( said to have been founded by the missionary Apostle Paul ).

When Christianity was legalized under Constantine the Great and Licinius, formal church buildings were built in great numbers, normally with free-standing altars in the middle of the sanctuary, which in all the earliest churches built in Rome was at the west end of the church.

In some Methodist churches, especially in the United States, ordained and licensed ministers are usually addressed as Reverend or Pastor, unless they hold a doctorate, in which case they are often addressed in formal situations as The Reverend Doctor.

Displaying cleavage is considered permissible in many settings, and is even a sign of elegance and sophistication on many formal social occasions, but it may be considered inappropriate in settings such as workplaces, churches and schools.

As was the tradition for early churches, particularly Protestants, most of these groups began meeting for worship in a member ’ s home, or during fair weather outside under large tents, with “ circuit riders ” as pastors until formal church structures could be built and an established clergy formed.

Several European countries operate a formal process linked to the tax system allowing some churches to assess tithes.

Actual collection procedures vary from church to church, from the common, strictly voluntary practice of " passing the plate " in Catholic and mainline Protestant churches, to formal, church-mediated tithing in some conservative Protestant churches ( as well as LDS Church ), to membership fees as practiced in many Jewish congregations.

On the other hand, it is somewhat less than an establishment of religion, since established churches have official clergy and a relatively fixed and formal relationship with the government that establishes them.

These two churches had long shared the role of cathedral of Dublin, controversially at first, then under an agreement of 1300, Pacis Compositio, which gave Christchurch formal precedence, including the right to enthrone the Archbishop and to hold his cross, mitre and ring after death, but with deceased Archbishops of Dublin to be buried alternately in each of the two cathedrals, unless they personally willed otherwise, and the two cathedrals to act as one, and " shared equally in their freedoms ".

However, the member churches of the EKD are independent with their own theological and formal organisation.

The Roman Catholic Church has a formal ' Adoration of the Cross ' ( the term is inaccurate, but sanctioned by long use ) during the services for Good Friday, while Eastern Orthodox churches everywhere, a replica of the cross is brought out in procession during Matins of Great and Holy Friday for the people to venerate.

Jacobus was persuaded that if he were to visit Alexandria the veneration felt for his age and services would bring to an end the rift between the churches of Syria and Egypt, and though he had denounced Peter, at arrival in Alexandria he was convinced not only to hold communion with Peter but to draw up papers documenting his formal assent to the deposition of Paul, only stipulating that it should not be accompanied by any excommunication.

Campbell's only formal political service was as a delegate to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1829, which brought him into contact with some of the leading politicians of the day and gave him the opportunity to preach in several Richmond churches.

In Christian churches, this practice is used as both a symbolic and formal method of invoking the Holy Spirit primarily during baptisms and confirmations, healing services, blessings, and ordination of priests, ministers, elders, deacons, and other church officers, along with a variety of other church sacraments and holy ceremonies.

Richard Baxter speaks of him as ‘ belonging to that class of episcopal divines who differ in nothing considerable from the rest of the reformed churches except in church government ,’ and Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon classes him with ‘ the less formal and more popular prelates ’.

In the West the term Catholic has come to be most commonly associated with the Roman Catholic Church because of its size and influence in the West, and because that is historically its name ( although in formal contexts most other churches still reject this naming, because the title " Catholic Church " is so linked with the notion of it being the one true church ).