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United Presbyterian Church

(Encyclopedia)United Presbyterian Church, two denominations of Presbyterianism. 1 In Scotland, the United Presbyterian Church was formed by the union (1847) of the United Secession Church with the majority of the c...

Reformed Episcopal Church

(Encyclopedia)Reformed Episcopal Church: see Episcopal Church. ...

Protestant Episcopal Church

(Encyclopedia)Protestant Episcopal Church: see Episcopal Church. ...

Orthodox Eastern Church

(Encyclopedia)Orthodox Eastern Church, community of Christian churches whose chief strength is in the Middle East and E Europe. Their members number some 300 million worldwide. The Orthodox agree doctrinally in acc...

Old Church Slavonic

(Encyclopedia)Old Church Slavonic: see Church Slavonic. ...

Catholic Apostolic Church

(Encyclopedia)Catholic Apostolic Church, religious community originating in England c.1831 and extending later to Germany and the United States (1848). It was founded under the influence of Edward Irving; its membe...

Calvinistic Methodist Church

(Encyclopedia)Calvinistic Methodist Church, Protestant Christian denomination, closely allied to Presbyterianism. It originated in Wales (1735–36) with the evangelistic preaching of Howell Harris, Daniel Rowlands...

Advent Christian Church

(Encyclopedia)Advent Christian Church: see Adventists. ...

United Zion Church

(Encyclopedia)United Zion Church: see River Brethren. ...

Arizona State University

(Encyclopedia)Arizona State University, at Tempe; coeducational; opened 1886 as a normal school, became 1925 Tempe State Teachers College, renamed 1945 Arizona State College at Tempe. Its present name was adopted i...