单词 | congregation of christ |
释义 | > as lemmasCongregation of Christ a. Scottish History. The designation given to the party of Protestant Reformers during the reign of Mary. (Also Congregation of Christ, Congregation of the Lord.) The term appears to have originated in the language of the National Covenant, subscribed 3 December 1557, in which the word occurs 8 times (in the sense ‘church’, as in 6a). ΚΠ 1557 National Covt. in Knox Hist. Ref. i. 117 We..shall with all diligence continually apply our whole power..to maintaine, set forward, and establish the most blessed word of God and his congregation..Vnto the which holie word and congregation we do ioyne vs..and also dois renunce and foirsaik the congregatioun of Sathan. 1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age i. i. xvi. 31 Elizabeth..strengthned so well the party of the Congregation, that the Queen..was fain at length to betake her self to flight. 1717 D. Defoe Mem. Church of Scotl. i. 24 The Protestants in general, as then united, were called The Congregation. 1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. (1817) I. ii. 394. < as lemmas |
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