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| x Orthodox Church in America |
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Eastern Orthodox Church |
The Orthodox Church in America (OCA) is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church in North America. Its primate is Metropolitan Jonah (Paffhausen), who was elected on November 12, 2008, and was formally installed on December 28, 2008. The OCA's...
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| x Armenian Apostolic Church |
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Oriental Orthodoxy |
The Armenian Apostolic Church (Armenian: Հայաստանեայց Առաքելական Եկեղեցի, Hayasdaneaytz Arakelagan Yegeghetzi) is the world's oldest National Church and is one of the most ancient Christian communities. Armenia was the first country to adopt...
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| x Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople |
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Eastern Orthodox Church |
The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (Greek: Οικουμενικό Πατριαρχείο Κωνσταντινουπόλεως Oikoumenikó Patriarkheío Kōnstantinoupóleōs, Turkish: Rum Ortodoks Patrikhanesi — "Greek Orthodox Patriarchate", in Turkey it is also unofficially...
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| x Romanian Orthodox Church |
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Eastern Orthodox Church |
The Romanian Orthodox Church (Biserica Ortodoxă Română in Romanian) is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church. It is in full communion with other Eastern Orthodox churches, and is ranked seventh in order of precedence. The Primate of the church...
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| x Roman Catholic Church |
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Roman Catholicism | Pope Benedict XVI | Pope |
The Roman Catholic Church, officially known as the Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, representing over half of all Christians and one-sixth of the world's population. The Catholic Church is a communion of the Western Rite ...
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| Pope John Paul II | Pope | ||||
| Robert Drinan | Priest | ||||
| Manuel Castro Ruiz | Auxiliary Bishop of Yucatan | ||||
| Manuel Castro Ruiz | Archbishop of Yucatan | ||||
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| x Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria |
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Eastern Orthodox Church |
The Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria, also known as the Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa (Greek: Πατριαρχεῖο Ἀλεξανδρείας καὶ πάσης Ἀφρικῆς) is one of the autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Churches. It is sometimes called the Greek Orthodox...
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| x Indian Orthodox Church |
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Oriental Orthodoxy |
The Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church (also known as the Malankara Orthodox Church, Orthodox Church of India, Orthodox Syrian Church of India,The Indian Orthodox Church, is an autocephalous church and a member of the Oriental Orthodox Church family...
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| x Bulgarian Orthodox Church |
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Eastern Orthodox Church |
The Bulgarian Orthodox Church (Bulgarian: Българска православна църква, Balgarska pravoslavna tsarkva) is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Church with some 6.5 million members in the Republic of Bulgaria and between 1.5 and 2.0 million members in a...
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| x Russian Orthodox Church |
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Eastern Orthodox Church | Patriarch Alexius II | Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia |
The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC); or The Moscow Patriarchate (Russian: Русская Православная Церковь (Russkaya Pravoslavnaya Tserkov), or Московский Патриархат (Moskovskiy Patriarkhat) (the latter designation being another official name) since 1943,...
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| Patriarch Alexius II | Priest | ||||
| Patriarch Alexius II | Archpriest | ||||
| Patriarch Alexius II | Dean of the United Tartu-Viljandi deanery | ||||
| Patriarch Alexius II | Rector | ||||
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| x Coptic Christianity |
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Oriental Orthodoxy |
The Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria (Coptic: Ϯⲉⲕ'ⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ 'ⲛⲣⲉⲙ'ⲛⲭⲏⲙⲓ 'ⲛⲟⲣⲑⲟⲇⲟⲝⲟⲥ ti.eklyseya en.remenkimi en.orthodoxos, literally: the Egyptian Orthodox Church) is the official name for the largest Christian church in Egypt. The Church belongs...
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| x Serbian Orthodox Church |
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Eastern Orthodox Church |
The Serbian Orthodox Church (Serbian: Српска Православна Црква / Srpska Pravoslavna Crkva; СПЦ / SPC) or the Church of Serbia is one of the autocephalous Orthodox Christian churches, ranking sixth in order of seniority after Constantinople,...
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| x Anglican Communion |
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Anglicanism |
The Anglican Communion is an international association of national Anglican churches. There is no single "Anglican Church" with universal juridical authority as each national or regional church has full autonomy. As the name suggests, the Anglican...
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| x Cypriot Orthodox Church |
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Eastern Orthodox Church |
The ancient Greek Orthodox Church of Cyprus (Greek: Εκκλησία της Κύπρου Ekklēsía tês Kýprou) is one of the fourteen or fifteen independent ('autocephalous') Eastern Orthodox churches, which are in communion and in doctrinal agreement with one...
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| x Polish Orthodox Church |
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Eastern Orthodox Church |
The Autocephalous Church of Poland, commonly known as the Polish Orthodox Church, is one of the autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Churches in full communion. The church was established in 1924, to accommodate Orthodox Christians of Polish, Ukrainian...
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| x Antiochian Orthodox Church |
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Eastern Orthodox Church |
The Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch, also known as Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East, the Eastern Orthodox Church of Antioch and All the East, Antiochian Orthodox Church, the , and the Orthodox Church of Antioch,(Arabic,بطريركية...
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| x Syriac Orthodox Church |
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Oriental Orthodoxy |
The Syriac Orthodox Church is an autocephalous Oriental Orthodox church based in the Middle East, with members spread throughout the world. It parted ways with Eastern Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism over the Council of Chalcedon in 451, which the...
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| x Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church |
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Eastern Orthodox Church |
The Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia is a self-governing body of the Eastern Orthodox Church that territorially covers the countries of the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The primate is His Beatitude, Metropolitan Christopher of Prague...
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| x Albanian Orthodox Church |
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Eastern Orthodox Church |
The Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania (Albanian: Kisha Orthodhokse Autoqefale e Shqipërisë) is one of the newest autocephalous Eastern Orthodox churches. It became autocephalous in 1937, gaining, thus, recognition by the Patriarch of...
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| x Church of Greece |
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Eastern Orthodox Church |
The Church of Greece (Greek: Ἐκκλησία τῆς Ἑλλάδος Ekklēsía tēs Helládos, IPA: [ekliˈsia tis eˈlaðos]), part of the wider Greek Orthodox Church, is one of the fifteen autocephalous Eastern Orthodox churches which make up the Orthodox Communion. Its...
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| x Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church |
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Oriental Orthodoxy |
The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋሕዶ ቤተ ክርስቲያን; Transliterated Amharic: Yäityop'ya ortodoks täwahedo bétäkrestyan) is an Oriental Orthodox Christian church in Ethiopia that was part of the Coptic Orthodox Church until...
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| x Orthodox Church of Jerusalem |
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Eastern Orthodox Church |
The Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem (Greek: Πατριαρχεῖον Ἱεροσολύμων Patriarcheîon Hierosolýmōn, Arabic كنيسة الروم الأرثوذكس في القدس), also known as the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, is a member of the Eastern Orthodox Communion,...
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| x Georgian Orthodox and Apostolic Church |
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Eastern Orthodox Church |
The Georgian Apostolic Autocephalous Orthodox Church (Georgian: საქართველოს სამოციქულო მართლმადიდებელი ავტოკეფალური ეკლესია, sakartvelos samocikulo martlmadidebeli avtok'epaluri ek'lesia) is one of the world's most ancient Christian Churches, and...
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| x Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church |
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Oriental Orthodoxy |
The Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church is an Oriental Orthodox church. Its autocephaly recognised by the Ethiopian Patriarchate after Eritrea gained its independence in 1993.
Tewahdo (Te-wa-hido) (Ge'ez ተዋሕዶ tawāhidō) is a Ge'ez word meaning "being...
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| x Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco |
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Roman Catholicism | George Hugh Niederauer | Archbishop |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the northern California region of the United States. It covers the City and County of San Francisco and the Counties of Marin...
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| x Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago |
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Edward Braxton | Priest |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago is a particular church of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. The Archdiocese of Chicago is one of the largest dioceses in the nation by population and comprises Cook and Lake counties, covering...
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| x Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu |
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The Catholic Diocese of Honolulu, officially in Latin Dioecesis Honoluluensis, is an ecclesiastical territory or particular church of the Catholic Church in the United States. The diocese comprises the entire state of Hawaiʻi and the unincorporated...
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| x St. Anne of the Sunset Church in San Francisco |
St. Anne of the Sunset Catholic Church in San Francisco is a parish of the Archdiocese of San Francisco in San Francisco, California. St. Anne is one of four Sunset District Catholic churches and mainly caters to the Inner Sunset area near Golden...
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| x Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago |
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago is the largest in a nationwide network of faith-based social service providers that form Catholic Charities. Together they form the largest private network of social service providers in the United...
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| x Bialystoker Synagogue |
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The Bialystoker Synagogue at 7-11 Willett Street on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York City, New York State is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue. The physical building is registered as an historic landmark.
The Bialystoker Synagogue was first...
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| x Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition |
The Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT) is a network of Buddhist centers focusing on the Gelugpa tradition of Tibet. Founded in 1975 by Lama Thubten Yeshe and Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche, who began teaching Buddhism to...
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| x Chochmat HaLev | Jewish Renewal | ||||
| x Unitarian Universalist Association |
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Unitarian Universalism |
Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA), in full the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations in North America, is a liberal religious association of Unitarian Universalist congregations formed by the consolidation in 1961 of the...
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| x Young Religious Unitarian Universalists |
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Unitarian Universalism |
Young Religious Unitarian Universalists (YRUU) is a youth organization within the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) in the United States and the Canadian Unitarian Council. YRUU is primarily run by youth, ranging in age from 14 to 20, with...
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| x Siddha Yoga |
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Gurumayi Chidvilasananda | Guru |
Siddha Yoga is a new religious movement that is based in part on the Hindu spiritual traditions of Vedanta and Kashmir Shaivism It has ashrams and meditation centers (meeting places) in a number of countries, including India, the United States,...
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| x Relief Society |
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
The Relief Society is a philanthropic and educational women's organization and an official auxiliary organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Founded in 1842 in Nauvoo, Illinois, USA, the Relief Society today...
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| x Brigham Young University |
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
Brigham Young University (BYU), located in Provo, Utah, United States, is a private, coeducational research university owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS or Mormon Church). It is the oldest existing institution within the...
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| x Universal Church Triumphant of the Apathetic Agnostic | Apathetic agnosticism | ||||
| x Jews for Jesus |
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Evangelicalism |
Jews for Jesus is a Christian evangelistic organization that focuses specifically on the conversion of Jews to Christianity. Its members consider themselves to be Jewish — either Jewish as defined by Jewish law, or Jews according to Jews for Jesus —...
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| x Bright |
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Agnosticism |
If you are rational, scientific, generally skeptical of supernatural claims, and look to the natural world for your inspiration, you may not feel like claiming any traditional religion as your own. So what do you say when asked your religion?...
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| x Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster |
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The Free Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian denomination founded by the cleric and politician, Ian Paisley in 1951. Most of its members live in Northern Ireland. The church has congregations in Republic of Ireland, Great Britain and Australia,...
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| x Siddhartha's Intent |
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Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche | Founder |
Founded
in 1989 by Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche, Siddhartha's
Intent is an international Buddhist association
of non-profit centers, most of which are
nationally registered societies...
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| x Kachin Church |
Kachin Church is a church centred in Kachin State of Myanmar. It is also present in China and India and is predominantly Baptist. The Kachin Church is growing.
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| x Soka Gakkai International |
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Daisaku Ikeda |
The SGI is based on the teachings and philosophy of Nichiren Buddhism, which places the highest emphasis on the sanctity of life. Members seek, through their practice of Buddhism, to develop the ability to live with confidence, to create value in...
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| x Hsi Lai Temple |
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Buddhism |
Hsi Lai Temple (TC: 西來寺; PY: Xīlái Sì) (approximate pronunciation She Lye) is a traditional Chinese Buddhist mountain monastery in the United States. It is located on the foothill region of Hacienda Heights, California, USA, a suburb of Los Angeles....
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| x Fo Guang Shan |
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Fo Guang Shan (Chinese: 佛光山; pinyin: Fóguāngshān; literally "Buddha's Light Mountain") is an international Chinese Mahayana Buddhist monastic order based in the Republic of China (Taiwan), and one of the largest Buddhist organizations. The...
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| x Burmese Buddhist Temple |
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Buddhism |
The Burmese Buddhist Temple (also known as Maha Sasana Ramsi; simplified Chinese: 缅甸玉佛寺; pinyin: Miǎndiàn yùfósì) is located on Tai Gin Road in Novena, Singapore. Founded in 1875, the temple is the oldest Theravada institution and the only Burmese...
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| x Kadampa Buddhist Temple |
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Buddhism |
The Kadampa World Peace Temple is located at Conishead Priory in Ulverston, England. It was consecrated in July 1997 and functions as the main meditation hall at Manjushri Kadampa Meditation Centre. It is also the location of the annual Spring and...
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| x Ekoji Buddhist Temple | Buddhism |
Ekoji is a Jodo Shinshu Buddhist Temple of the Nishi-Hongwanji Tradition in Fairfax Station, Virginia, near Washington, D.C. It is a member of the Buddhist Churches of America, the oldest Buddhist organization in the mainland United States.
Ekoji ...
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| x International Buddhist Temple |
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Buddhism |
The International Buddhist Temple (also 觀音寺 in Chinese; Guan Yin Sì in pinyin; Guan Yin Temple) is located in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. It is a Chinese Buddhist temple run by the International Buddhist Society.
While the Society officially...
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| x Zhihua Si Temple |
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Buddhism |
The Zhihua Temple (智化寺; pinyin: Zhìhuà Sì; lit. "Temple of Wisdom Attained") is a Ming Dynasty-era Buddhist temple in Beijing, China. It is located in the Lumicang (禄米仓) hutong, in the Chaoyangmen area of the Dongcheng District, within the Second...
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| x Nan Hua Temple |
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Buddhism |
Nan Hua Temple (南華寺, Nanhua Si) is the largest Buddhist temple and seminary in Africa, and is situated in the Cultura Park suburb of Bronkhorstspruit, South Africa. It is the African headquarters of the Fo Guang Shan (Buddha's Light Mountain) Order,...
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| x Buddhist Churches of America |
The Buddhist Churches of America is the United States branch of the Honpa Hongan-ji (also known as Nishi-Honganji) sub-sect of Jōdo Shinshū ("True Pure Land School") Buddhism. Jodo Shinshu is also popularly known as Shin Buddhism. The B.C.A. is one...
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| x Vatican Secret Archives |
The Vatican Secret Archives (Latin: Archivum Secretum Vaticanum), located in the Vatican City, is the central repository for all of the acts promulgated by the Holy See. These archives also contain the state papers, correspondence, papal account...
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| x Latter Rain Movement | Pentecostalism |
The Latter Rain was a post-World War II movement within Pentecostal Christianity which remains controversial to this day.
For clarification in discussion of the Latter Rain a distinction should be made between:
The Latter Rain Movement had its...
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| x Church of England |
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Anglicanism | William Laud | Archbishop of Canterbury |
The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England, the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the oldest among the communion's thirty-eight independent national and regional churches. The Church also...
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| Matthew Parker | Archbishop of Canterbury | ||||
| Edmund Grindal | Archbishop of Canterbury | ||||
| John Whitgift | Archbishop of Canterbury | ||||
| Richard Bancroft | Archbishop of Canterbury | ||||
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| x Apostolic Johannite Church | Gnosticism | Shaun McCann | Patriarch |
The Apostolic Johannite Church is a Gnostic Christian Church which claims valid Apostolic Succession from various lineages including Catholic, Old Catholic and Orthodox bishops. The AJC is one of the largest extant Gnostic jurisdictions, having...
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| x North American College of Gnostic Bishops | Gnosticism | Shaun McCann | |||
| x Ecclesia Gnostica |
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Gnosticism | Stephan A. Hoeller | Bishop |
The Ecclesia Gnostica (Latin for The Church of Gnosis or The Gnostic Church) is an openly Gnostic publicly practicing liturgical Church. It is centered in Los Angeles, California with parishes in Seattle, Washington; Portland, Oregon; Salt Lake City...
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| x United Synagogue | Orthodox Judaism |
United Synagogue is an organisation of London Jews that was founded with the sanction of an act of parliament, in 1870. As of 2007, it remains the largest religious grouping within the British Jewish community and indeed in Europe, covering 62...
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| x United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism | Judaism |
The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (USCJ) is the primary organization of synagogues practicing Conservative Judaism in North America. It closely works with the Rabbinical Assembly, the international body of Conservative Rabbis, the Jewish...
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