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In the Catholic Church there is a diversity of ancient liturgical rites: the Roman Rite (including both the Tridentine Mass and the ordinary-form Roman Rite) the Byzantine Rite, the Ge'ez Rite, and the Antiochene Rite to name several of the more prominent examples. Within the Catholic Church, the charismatic movement has had much less influence ...
The document that is identified as the first Church Handbook of Instructions was published in 1899 as a small, 14-page booklet. [1] It primarily contained instructions on how to manage in-kind payments of tithing by church members. [1] The handbook was revised every year until 1910 and approximately every five years thereafter. [1]
Other Reformed churches participated in early phases of the development of a new Book of Common Worship. Work resumed on a revised Book of Common Worship when in 1961 the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., and in 1963 the Presbyterian Church in the U.S., adopted new directories. The committee distributed two trial use pieces prior to ...
Many of the LDS Church's hymns are well known traditional Christian hymns; others deal with items of doctrine unique to the church's doctrine, such as the pre-mortal existence, modern church prophets, and the Book of Mormon. Others draw their subject matter from the church's history, including themes such as the restoration and pioneer experiences.
Church culture puts notable emphasis on the family, and the distinctive concept of a united family which lives and progresses forever is at the core of Latter-day Saint doctrine. Church leaders encourage members to marry and have children, and as a result, Latter-day Saint families tend to be larger than average.
The Parson's Handbook is a book by Percy Dearmer, first published in 1899, that was fundamental to the development of liturgy in the Church of England and throughout the Anglican Communion. When he wrote the book, Dearmer was an assistant priest at the Berkeley Chapel in Mayfair.
Evangelical Friends Church – Eastern Region: 1812 [18] Faith and Practice [19] 2012 Faith and Practice, 2013 F&P and Discipline (116 pdfs) Evangelical Friends Church, Mid-America Yearly Meeting: 1836 [20] Faith and Practice [21] Faith and Practice: The Book of Discipline (Link to all five parts in pdf format.) Evangelical Friends Church Southwest
The word church is used in the sense of a distinct congregation in a given city in slightly under half of the 200 uses of the term in the New Testament. [1] John Locke defined a church as "a voluntary society of men, joining themselves together of their own accord in order to the public worshipping of God in such manner as they judge acceptable to him".