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1741 Counsels on Christian Worldview, p. 187.4 (Ellen G. White Estate)
… the body, the church, of Christ.” Ellen White in Letters and Manuscripts, vol. 12, Manuscript 114, 1897, par. 10
1742 Counsels on Church Life, p. 22.3 (Ellen G. White Estate)
… . The Church is Christ’s body, a community united by faith where He’s the Leader.
1743 Counsels on Church Life, p. 24.2 (Ellen G. White Estate)
The church is like a single, strong body made up of many diverse members. We come from all walks of life — every race, culture, background, and language. In Christ …
1744 Counsels on Church Life, p. 89.3 (Ellen G. White Estate)
True church is the body of Christ, a haven of refuge, and a source of blessing to the community and the world.
1745 Counsels on Church Life, p. 89.4 (Ellen G. White Estate)
“And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.” Ephesians 1:22, 23 NKJV
1746 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ACROTER.2 (Noah Webster)
… of churches, and the sharp pinnacles that stand in ranges about flat buildings with rails and balusters. Anciently the word signified the extremities of …
1747 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ADESSENARIANS.2 (Noah Webster)
In church history, a sect who hold the real presence of Christ’s body in the eucharist, but not by transubstantiation. They differ however as to this presence; some holding the body of Christ to be in the bread; others, about the bread.
1748 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ADIPOCERE.2 (Noah Webster)
… the Church des Innocens, when it was removed in 1787. It is speedily produced, when the body is immersed in running water.
1749 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. APATHY.2 (Noah Webster)
… the church, the christians adopted the term to express a contempt of earthly concerns.
1750 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. APOLLINARIANS.1 (Noah Webster)
… , in Church history, a sect, deriving their name from Apollinaris, bishop of Laodicea, in the 4th Century, who denied the proper humanity of Christ; maintaining …
1751 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BELL.2 (Noah Webster)
… hollow body, used for making sounds. Its constituent parts are a barrel or hollow body, enlarged or expanded at one end, an ear or cannon by which it is hung to …
1752 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BISHOP.9 (Noah Webster)
… body voting separately. Before a bishop can be consecrated, he must receive a testimonial of approbation from the General Convention of the church; or …
1753 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BODY.8 (Noah Webster)
5. A collective mass; a number of individuals or particulars united; as the body of mankind. Christians united or the Church is called the body, of which each Christian is a member, and Christ the head. 1 Corinthians 12:12-27 .
1754 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BROWNISM.1 (Noah Webster)
BROWNISM, n. The doctrines or religious creed of the Brownists, who maintained that any body of professing Christians united under one pastor, or communing together, constitute a church independent of any other.
1755 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CHOIR.5 (Noah Webster)
4. In nunneries, a large hall adjoining to the body of the church, separated by a grate, where the nuns sing the office.
1756 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CHURCH.3 (Noah Webster)
2. The collective body of Christians, or of those who profess to believe in Christ, and acknowledge him to be the Savior of mankind. In this sense, the church is sometimes called the Catholic or Universal Church.
1757 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CITY.3 (Noah Webster)
… cathedral church; but this is not always the fact.
1758 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CLERGY.2 (Noah Webster)
1. The body of men set apart, and consecrated, by due ordination, to the service of God, in the christian church; the body of ecclesiastics, in distinction from the laity.
1759 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. COMMUNION.7 (Noah Webster)
3. The body of Christians who have one common faith and discipline. The three grand communions into which the Christian church is divided, are those of the Greek, the Romish and the Protestant churches.
1760 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CONGREGATIONALISM.1 (Noah Webster)
CONGREGATIONALISM, n. Ecclesiastical government in the hands of each church, as an independent body.