| 单词 | eastern church |
| 释义 | > as lemmasEastern Church Eastern Church n. any of the Christian Churches originating in the former territories of the Eastern Roman Empire, esp. the Eastern or Greek Orthodox Church, or any of the Churches originating in its territories or in the lands beyond the eastern imperial frontier; (also) these Churches as a body.Besides the Eastern Orthodox Church, the term Eastern Church includes the Eastern Catholic Church and the Oriental Orthodox or non-Chalcedonian Churches, both Miaphysite (Monophysite) and Dyophysite (Nestorian), and may refer to all or any one of these. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Greek Orthodoxy > [noun] > person > collective Eastern Church1561 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iii. xx. f. 229b Augustine testifieth..had a litle before sayed that this maner came from the Easterne Chirches. 1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie iv. xi. 194 His desire was that of the two the Easterne Church should rather yeeld. 1667 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety xvii. 380 I mean Victors unbrother-like Heat towards the Eastern Churches in the controversie about Easter. 1704 J. Inett Origines Anglicanæ I. xi. §14. 183 Succession so far justified this Proceeding, that this Council of Sardice was never receiv'd by the Eastern Churches. 1845 J. H. Newman Ess. Devel. Christian Doctr. 365 The Eastern Church seemed to consider the consecration of the elements..to lie in the invocatory prayer. 1959 Times 17 Jan. 9/1 Iconographically they [sc. paintings] are of great interest in relation to the usages of the Eastern Church. 2003 H. Kallendorf Exorcism & its Texts i. 45 Abrenunciation followed a different form in the Eastern Church from that used in the West. < as lemmas |
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