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...Churches of Christ (not United). Each congregation is self-governing, under its own group of bishops (elders), just as in New Testament times. It should be the constant prayer of all Christians that the unity of Christ's church be upheld: "One Lord, one faith, one baptism . . ."* Our present pluralism is not only weakness but unscriptural...
...senior readers of a schoolbook knowledge of rhetoric; few nowadays can tell the difference between an ANAPEST and an Anabaptist (the former being a verse meter, as in "He flies through the air with the greatest of ease," and the latter being one who questions the efficacy of infant baptism). Those who say to this, "I couldn't care less," utter not only an AMPHIBRACH but a CLICHÉ, although they might be astonished to hear it, much as Molière's bourgeois gentil-homme was astounded to discover that all his life he had been speaking...
...convention, with two houses: deputies (both clerical and lay) and bishops. Individuals have considerable freedom as to belief, but Episcopalians (the U.S. version of Anglicans) believe they have the apostolic succession in their bishops, acquired before the Church of England split from the Roman Catholic Church. Chief sacraments are baptism and communion, in which Christ is considered a real presence. In contrast to the other denominations, Episcopalians consider confirmation, penance, ordination, unction and matrimony as sacramental...
...16th century soon after Luther's break with Rome. Presbyterians rely for faith and conduct on the Bible, believe in the Trinity, stressing the supreme sovereignty of God. Some doctrines such as predestination, once identified with Presbyterians, have largely fallen into discard. They practice the sacraments of baptism and communion, in which Christ is held to be present in spirit...
...Plymouth Colony in 1620. As opposed to the concept of the church's having been established by God, Congregationalism is in the tradition of the "gathered" church, in which the individuals of the congregation form the church by coming together. The United Church recognizes the sacraments of baptism and communion, in which Christ is present in spirit...