Unlike other traditions, Anglicanism has never been governed by a magisterium nor by appeal to one founding theologian, nor by an extra-credal summary of doctrine ( such as the Westminster Confession of the Presbyterian Church ).

Unlike other Christian groups, the Catholic Church teaches that those who die in a state of grace, but still carry venial sin go to a place called Purgatory where they undergo purification to enter Heaven.

Unlike their counterparts in the United Methodist Church, ELCA and ELCIC synod bishops do not appoint pastors to local congregations ( pastors, like their counterparts in the Episcopal Church, are called by local congregations ).

Unlike other Latter Day Saint movement traditions ( such as the Community of Christ ), it also accepts the Pearl of Great Price as part of its scriptural canon, and has a history of teaching eternal marriage, eternal progression, and plural marriage ( although the LDS Church had abandoned that practice by the early 20th century ).

Unlike the Puritan group who maintained their membership in and allegiance to the Church of England, Separatists held that their differences with the Church of England were irreconcilable and that their worship should be organized independently of the trappings, traditions and organization of a central church.

Unlike Roman Catholic monasticism, the Orthodox do not have separate religious orders, but a single monastic form throughout the Orthodox Church.

Unlike Puritans, who sought to reform the Church of England, Separatists believed that the Church of England was beyond reform and wished to break from it to form independent congregations.

Unlike most of its French predecessors, the Dom Church has only one tower, the 112 m ( 368 ft ) high Dom Tower, which is the hallmark of the city.

Unlike the Methodist Episcopal Church, the Methodist Protestant Church rejected the use of bishops.

Unlike most other churches that trace their origins to antiquity, the modern Assyrian Church of the East is not in communion with any other churches, either Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, or Catholic.

Unlike bishops in the Church of England, each bishop of the Church in Wales is elected by an " electoral college " which consists of representatives of the diocese in which a vacancy occurs, representatives of the other dioceses in Wales and all bishops of the Church in Wales.

Unlike in the United Kingdom, where the term ( Fidei defensor, in Latin ) signifies the sovereign's position as Supreme Governor of the Church of England and a member and defender of the security of the Church of Scotland, there have been no established churches in Canada since before its confederation in 1867.

Unlike most entrepreneurs, who were nonconformist, he attended the Church of England.

Unlike most of the leading politicians of that generation, he was a consistent, dogged, and rancorous party man, a Cavalier of the old school, a zealous champion of the Crown and of the Church, and a hater of Republicans and Nonconformists.

Unlike The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Community of Christ, the Temple Lot church rejects the office of prophet or president, being led by its Quorum of Twelve Apostles instead.

Unlike major Protestant denominations, the Catholic Church has continued its opposition to artificial birth control.

Unlike the losses that had been suffered by Minucius, a major loss by Varro had the potential to kill so many soldiers that Rome might have had no further resources with which to continue the war.

Unlike the five earlier General Councils held in Rome, which met in the Lateran Basilica and are known as Lateran Councils, it met in the Vatican Basilica, hence its name.

Unlike pagan Rome, Christian Europe did not exercise a universal prohibition of the dissection and autopsy of the human body and such examinations were carried out regularly from at least the 13th century.

Unlike Carthage, Rome had large disciplined armed forces.

Unlike Michelangelo, who had been kept hanging around in Rome for several months after his first summons, Raphael was immediately commissioned by Julius to fresco what was intended to become the Pope's private library at the Vatican Palace.

Unlike in Rome, freedmen did not become citizens.

Unlike some of his immediate imperial predecessors such as Philip the Arab or Maximinus who did not have extensive administrative experience before assuming the throne, Decius was a distinguished senator who had served as consul in 232, had been governor of Moesia and Germania Inferior soon afterwards, served as governor of Hispania Tarraconensis between 235 – 238, and was urban prefect of Rome during the early reign of Emperor Philip the Arab ( Marcus Iulius Phillipus ).

Unlike the later imperial fora in Rome — which were self-consciously modeled on the ancient Greek plateia ( πλατεῖα ) public plaza or town square — the Roman Forum developed gradually, organically and piecemeal over many centuries.

Unlike the treaty that ended the First Punic War, the terms Carthage acceded to were so punishing that it was never able to challenge Rome for supremacy of the Mediterranean again.

Unlike most Florentine sculptors of his generation, Mino passed two lengthy sojourns in Rome, from about 1459 to 1464 and again from about 1473 / 1474 until 1480.

Unlike other Catholic churches in Europe, such as in Spain or Portugal, the Irish Church was no longer semi-autonomous but had been assigned in 1833 to the Congregation of Missions in Rome.

Unlike other British overseas territories, they are not listed as Overseas Countries and Territories under the Treaty of Rome and their inhabitants ( who are entitled to British Overseas Territories Citizenship ) have never been entitled to British citizenship.

Unlike a great many leading figures of the government ( such as Galeazzo Ciano and Dino Grandi ), he stayed loyal to Mussolini long after the July 1943 Grand Council of Fascism crisis which ended the latter's rule in Rome.

Unlike pagan Rome, Christian Europe did not exercise a universal prohibition of the dissection and autopsy of the human body and such examinations were carried out regularly from at least the 13th century.

Unlike the Romanian Orthodox who until 1863 officially used Church Slavonic in their Byzantine liturgy, the Romanian Church United with Rome used the Romanian vernacular since its beginnings.

Unlike Padway, who tries to change history, Flavia tries to recreate the founding of Rome based on the legends that she knows.

Unlike many trolley poles, the bow collector does not normally have a revolving base ( one exception was in Rome, where the entire assembly could be revolved ), but is rather fixed centrally to the tramcar roof.

Unlike " old " Rome, the city employed overtly Christian architecture and contained churches within the city walls and had no pre-existing temples from other religions.

Unlike other ancient Near Eastern gods, the Hebrew God is portrayed as unitary and solitary ; consequently, the Hebrew God's principal relationships are not with other gods, but with the world, and more specifically, with the people He created.

Unlike the West, Palm Sunday is not considered to be a part of Lent, the Eastern Orthodox Great Fast ends on the Friday before.

Unlike many other Eastern European cars of the communist era ( notably the Lada Riva, Skoda Estelle, Polski Fiat and Yugo ), however, it was not a strong seller in Western Europe.

Unlike Eastern Europe, where Jews constituted a distinct minority group, the United States offered Jews an opportunity to blend into the dominant culture.

Unlike in the western Churches ( e. g., Roman Catholic and Anglican ), where confirmation is typically reserved to those of " the age of reason ", chrismation in the Eastern Churches, ( including Eastern Rite Catholic Churches ), is ordinarily administered immediately after baptism, most commonly infant baptism, and immediately ( or at least shortly ) before one's first reception of Holy Communion.

Unlike many Liberals, Chamberlain's was not an anti-imperialist, for although he berated the government for its Eastern policy, the Second Afghan War of 1878 and the Zulu War of 1879, he had supported Disraeli's purchase of Suez Canal Company shares in November 1875.

Unlike the Middle Eastern civilizations, India had developed very productive forms of agriculture, requiring heavy labor.

Unlike the Bible used in other Eastern Churches, the Armenian Bible originally had 39 books in the Old Testament.

Unlike most Eastern European peoples, the Hungarian people, Magyars, emerged from the intermingling of Finno-Ugric and Eastern Turkish peoples during the fifth to eighth centuries CE.

Unlike Catholic saints such as Padre Pio or Francis ( who considered stigmata a sign of the imitation of Christ ) Eastern Orthodox saints have never reported stigmata, but saints such as Seraphim and Silouan have reported being transfigured by an inward light of grace.

Unlike the major league and the Triple-A level, two of the three Double-A leagues have their season divided into two parts, the Eastern League being the exception.

Unlike the other Eastern Romance populations, over time Megleno-Romanians have laid aside a name for themselves which originates in the Latin Romanus, and instead have adopted the term Vlasi or Vlashi, derived from Vlachs, a general term by which in the Middle Ages non-Romance peoples designated Romance peoples.

Unlike other countries of Central and Eastern Europe, the communist take-over in Czechoslovakia in 1948 was, although as brutal as elsewhere, a genuine popular movement.

Unlike YTV, Nickelodeon is not simulcast in high definition and operates solely on an Eastern Time Zone schedule.

Unlike other Democrats in Eastern Pennsylvania like Chris Carney and Patrick Murphy, Holden won re-election, and did so with a 12 point margin, defeating Argall 56 % to 44 %.

Unlike the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, the London and North Eastern Railway and the GWR, the Southern Railway was predominantly a passenger railway.

Unlike other countries with newer populations of Eastern European immigrants, the modern pierogi is found in a wide selection of flavors throughout grocery stores in the U. S. Many of these grocery-brand pierogi contain non-traditional ingredients to appeal to general American tastes, including spinach, jalapeño and chicken.

Unlike the Willamette Valley, Eastern Oregon receives a significant amount of snow in the winter.

Unlike the climate of Eastern Oregon, which is primarily dry and continental, the climate of Western Oregon is generally a moderate rain forest climate.

Unlike most of his Jewish constituents, who came from Eastern Europe, Lehman's family was from Germany.

Unlike most of the Eastern seaboard, both local populations also speak with the same dialect of Inland North English, with its use of short broad vowels and heavily pronounced final " r " sounds in words ending in the letter " r ".