christian church

Noun
  1. One of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship (synset 108099479)
    is a type of: faith, organized religion, religion - an institution to express belief in a divine power
    subtypes:
    • 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, protestant church - 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
    member holonym: christian - a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination
    is a part of: christendom, christianity - the collective body of Christians throughout the world and history (found predominantly in Europe and the Americas and Australia)
    same as: church
  2. A Protestant church that accepts the Bible as the only source of true Christian faith and practices baptism by immersion (synset 108104742)
    is a type of: protestant denomination - group of Protestant congregations
    same as: disciples of christ

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