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Faber, Frederick William
(Encyclopedia)Faber, Frederick William fāˈbər [key], 1814–63, English theologian and hymn writer. A friend of John Henry Newman and an adherent of the Oxford movement, he became (1843) rector of Eton. In 1845 ...Armenian Church
(Encyclopedia)Armenian Church, autonomous Christian church, sometimes also called the Gregorian Church. Its head, a primate of honor only, is the catholicos of Yejmiadzin, Armenia; Karekin II became catholicos in 1...Moravian Church
(Encyclopedia)Moravian Church, Renewed Church of the Brethren, or Unitas Fratrum yo͞onēˈtäs fräˈtro͝om [key], an evangelical Christian communion whose adherents are sometimes called United Brethren or Herrn...Assyrian Church
(Encyclopedia)Assyrian Church: see Nestorian Church. ...Low Church
(Encyclopedia)Low Church: see England, Church of. ...High Church
(Encyclopedia)High Church: see England, Church of. ...Anglican Church
(Encyclopedia)Anglican Church: see England, Church of; Anglican Communion. ...Amish Church
(Encyclopedia)Amish Church: see Mennonites.Greek Church
(Encyclopedia)Greek Church: see Orthodox Eastern Church. ...Episcopal Church
(Encyclopedia)Episcopal Church, Anglican church of the United States. Its separate existence as an American ecclesiastical body with its own episcopate began in 1789. During the American Revolution the personal l...Browse by Subject
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