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Catholic Apostolic Church
(Encyclopedia) Catholic Apostolic Church, religious community originating in England c.1831 and extending later to Germany and the United States (1848). It was founded under the influence of Edward…Pilgrimage church architecture
(Encyclopedia) Pilgrimage church architecture: see Romanesque architecture and art.Scientology, Church of
(Encyclopedia) Scientology, Church of, philosophical religion founded by L(afayette) Ron(ald) Hubbard, 1911–86, b. Tilden, Nebr. Hubbard's book Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health (1950)…Philippine Independent Church
(Encyclopedia) Philippine Independent Church, religious body that separated from the Roman Catholic Church in 1902 and rejected the spiritual authority of the pope. It is known popularly as the…Protestant Episcopal Church
(Encyclopedia) Protestant Episcopal Church: see Episcopal Church.Russian Orthodox Church
(Encyclopedia) Russian Orthodox Church: see Orthodox Eastern Church.Saint Mark's Church
(Encyclopedia) Saint Mark's Church, Venice, named after the tutelary saint of Venice. The original Romanesque basilical church, built in the 9th cent. as a shrine for the saint's bones, was destroyed…Saint Peter's Church
(Encyclopedia) Saint Peter's Church, Vatican City, principal and one of the largest churches of the Christian world. The present structure was built mainly between 1506 and 1626 on the original site…Old Church Slavonic
(Encyclopedia) Old Church Slavonic: see Church Slavonic.Orthodox Eastern Church
(Encyclopedia) Orthodox Eastern Church, community of Christian churches whose chief strength is in the Middle East and E Europe. Their members number some 300 million worldwide. The Orthodox agree…