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A house church in Shunyi, Beijing. In some countries of the world which apply sharia or communism, government authorizations for worship are complex for Christians. [35] [36] [37] Because of persecution of Christians, Evangelical house churches have thus developed. [38] For example, there is the Evangelical house churches in China movement. [39]
The Sveti Sedmochislenitsi Church in Sofia was a 15th-century abandoned Ottoman mosque, converted into a church in the 19th century. In Croatia the only three remaining mosques from the Ottoman period, those in Đakovo, Klis and Drniš, have been converted or re-converted into Catholic churches. [24]
Some domestic buildings were adapted to function as churches. One of the earliest of adapted residences is at Dura Europos church, built shortly after 200 AD, where two rooms were made into one, by removing a wall, and a dais was set up. To the right of the entrance a small room was made into a baptistry. [citation needed]
Church of Kingdom of Asturias. The church's construction was ordered by Alfonso II of Asturias and it was built by the court architect Tioda. A World Heritage Site. Santa María del Naranco: Municipality of Oviedo, Asturias: Spain: Completed in 842 Roman Catholic Church of Kingdom of Asturias. Built as a banqueting house, later used as a church ...
'church of the cathedra') takes its name from the cathedra, 'seat' of the bishop, known as the episcopal throne. The word cathedral is sometimes mistakenly applied as a generic term for any very large and imposing church. The role of bishop as an administrator of local clergy came into being in the 1st century.
St Paul and St Stephen Church, Gloucester; St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Harlan, Iowa) St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church (Hartford, Connecticut) St. Paul's Methodist Protestant Church (Culbertson, Nebraska) St Thomas' Church, St Anne's-on-the-Sea; Sant'Andrea, Capri; Sherbrooke Mosspark Church; Skånevik Church; Skotfoss Church
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A floating iron church in the Scottish Highlands (1840s) The Industrial Revolution was a time of great population expansion and movement in Europe. Towns and cities expanded as the workforce moved into the new industrial areas, resulting in the building of more than 4,000 churches during the mid-19th century, and an upsurge of nonconformism led to a demand for even more buildings.