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  2. Conference of European Churches - Wikipedia

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    The largest Christian body, the Roman Catholic Church, is not a member of the CEC for the same reasons that it abstains from officially participating in the World Council of Churches, which is that such organizations do not recognize any kind of Roman Catholic primacy in the governance of the universal Church.

  3. Holy See–European Union relations - Wikipedia

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    A disagreement over whether to include a reference to Europe's Christian heritage in the European Constitution [4] The European Parliament refused to ratify Rocco Buttiglione as a European Commissioner because he backed the Catholic Church's view on homosexuality [5] The European Union endorsed the Sandbaek Report, increasing funding for ...

  4. Communion of Protestant Churches in Europe - Wikipedia

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    The churches involved were originally joined in an organization called the "Leuenberg Church Fellowship". In 2003 this was renamed the "Community (since 2020: "Communion") of Protestant Churches in Europe" as a sign of growing beyond the Lutheran and Reformed traditions, [ 6 ] and now includes several Methodist churches.

  5. European Council of Religious Leaders - Wikipedia

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    The ECRL aims at promoting inter-religious cooperation in Europe and beyond. The work of the Council includes annual council meetings, participation in conferences, delegation visits to conflict areas and maintaining contacts across religious boundaries. The secretariat of the ECRL is situated in Oslo.

  6. Church membership - Wikipedia

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    "The Church is the congregation of saints, in which the Gospel is rightly taught and the Sacraments are rightly administered." –Augsburg Confession [8] Christian theologians such as Bostwick Hawley teach that church membership is commanded in scripture, grounding this in the fact that "apostolic letters are addressed to the Churches", "Apostolic salutations are to Churches", "Jesus Christ is ...

  7. Religion in the European Union - Wikipedia

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    The EU is a secular body with a separation of church and state. There are no formal ties to any religion and no mention of any specific religion in any current or proposed treaty. [ 8 ] Discussion over the European Constitution's draft texts and later the Treaty of Lisbon have included proposals to mention Christianity and/or God in the ...

  8. US Christian churches renew urgent calls for ceasefire as ...

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    Faith leaders urge an end to violence as the world’s oldest Christian communities endure devastating attacks

  9. 1986 enlargement of the European Communities - Wikipedia

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    The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe passed a resolution by 70 votes to 31 in its 14th ordinary session in May 1962 calling for members of the EEC to "examine the possibility of some form of economic agreement between Spain and the Community, bearing in mind the constitutional changes that will be necessary before any form of ...