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单词 church union
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church union n. (originally) unity or solidarity within the church; (later) the formal union of churches; an instance of this; (Canadian) the merger, brought about in 1925, of Canadian Methodist and Congregationalist Churches together with the majority of Canadian Presbyterians to form the United Church of Canada.
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a1625 J. Robinson Treat. Lawfulnes of Hearing Ministers (1634) 23 Such as stand in spirituall and politicall church-vnion with a church.
1702 J. Wilson Ess. National Love & Unity 7 Church Union cannot consist in being of one Opinion in every thing; which is impossible; it requires..one Heart.
1836 J. H. Newman in Brit. Mag. 10 148 The highest end of Church union, to which the mass of educated men now look, is quiet and unanimity.
1879 Amer. Church Rev. 31 Suppl. p. ii There will be no real steps taken towards Church union until Christian men believe that schism is contrary to the law of Christ.
1910 Times 23 June 9/5 The majority by which the Presbyterian General Assembly..sent the proposals for Church union in Canada to the Presbyteries for consideration was only slightly above a two-thirds vote.
1972 Clergy Rev. Sept. 658 The first transdenominational church union to take place in Britain in modern times.
2003 D. E. Cowan Remnant Spirit ii. 29 Despite repeated calls by denominational conservatives for the introduction of credal subscription, this requirement has not changed since church union in 1925.
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