Definition of christian church Christian church
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| christian church - a Protestant church that accepts the Bible as the only source of true Christian faith and practices baptism by immersion | ||
| Disciples of Christ | ||
| christian church - one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship | ||
| church, Christian church | ||
| organized religion, religion, faith a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny; "he lost his faith but not his morality" | ||
| christendom, christianity the collective body of Christians throughout the world and history (found predominantly in Europe and the Americas and Australia); "for a thousand years the Roman Catholic Church was the principal church of Christendom" | ||
| armenian apostolic orthodox church, armenian church an independent Christian church established in Armenia since 300; was influenced by both Roman and Byzantine traditions | ||
| catholic church any of several churches claiming to have maintained historical continuity with the original Christian Church | ||
| nestorian church a Christian Church in the Middle East that followed Nestorianism; there is still a small Nestorian Church in Iraq | ||
| coptic church the ancient Christian church of Egypt | ||
| protestant church, protestant the Protestant churches and denominations collectively | ||
| unification church a Christian church (with some Buddhist elements) founded in 1954 by Sun Myung Moon and known for staging mass weddings and other communal activities | ||
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The term Christian Church, Catholic Church or One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church, as it was called by 110 AD, refers to the "universal company of believers". It means every person who has ever accepted or ever will accept the Christian Faith. The idea is that all these people together make up one "body" called "the Church". "The Church" (in this sense) is not thought of by Christians as an ordinary human organisation. It is thought of as being part of God's way to bring people close to him. "The Church" was begun by Jesus in the 1st century AD. It is called "The Christian Church" because Jesus was called "The Christ" (or holy one from God).
"Churches" as Christian organisations were begun by Jesus' followers. Today there are many churches in the sense of "church organisations". The different organised churches are called Christian denominations.
The main Christian beliefs are held by all major Christian denominations. These beliefs are often said aloud by Christian people in a "statement of faith" which is called the Creed. The Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Lutheran, Anglican Communion and other Protestant churches all believe that God is the "creator and eternal father of all things", that Jesus was the "Christ" and son of God who died to save people from the punishment for their sins, and that the Holy Spirit is God's gift to help and comfort Christian people. Christians believe that these are three parts of One God.
There are many other beliefs that are different between d
