单词 | universal church |
释义 | > as lemmasuniversal church 4. Christian Church. Designating the whole Christian Church or all Christians collectively; = catholic adj. 2b. Frequently in universal church. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > Catholicity > [adjective] universal?a1425 catholicala1530 Catholic Church1559 ecumenical1570 ecumenic1588 schismless1641 unsectarian1847 oecumenian1865 undenominational1871 multi-faith1951 ?a1425 tr. Catherine of Siena Orcherd of Syon (Harl.) (1966) 32 A mannys propre loue, which bynymeþ þe charite and loue of his neiȝbore..haþ..brouȝt yn a seeknesse to..þe chirche and to þe vnyuersal body of cristen religyoun. c1456 R. Pecock Bk. Faith (Trin. Cambr.) (1909) 284 (MED) The grete fadris..puttiden into the comoun crede forto bileeve oon hool universal chirche to be. 1509 Paternoster, Ave & Creed (W. de W.) a iij I trowe in ye holy goost, holy chirche Unyversall [etc.]. 1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. Pref. Ye haly spreit, quhilk is ane daily techeour & gouernour of ye hail vniuersal kirk. 1620 T. Granger Syntagma Logicum 227 Euen the vniuersall Church may erre. 1645 J. Ussher Body of Divin. (1647) 187 The Catholick Church, that is, God's whole or universall Assembly. 1749 J. Wesley Let. 18 July (1931) III. 9 I believe..that this catholic (that is, universal) Church, extending to all nations and all ages, is holy in all its members, who have fellowship with God the Father, Son and Holy Ghost. 1753 J. Salter Pract. Treat. Catech. Church of Eng. i. §iii. 11 The Church signifies the Catholick Universal Church of all true, sound, orthodox Believers..of the Christian Religion, throughout the whole World: Whereas a Church denotes only a particular Part of it; such as the Church of England, or the Church of Rome. 1825 R. Culbertson Lect. Revel. xiii. 184 All the periodical interpreters consider the Church of Ephesus as the hieroglyphic of the Universal or Catholic Church during the age of the Apostles. 1893 H. P. Liddon et al. Life E. B. Pusey I. 417 The Ancient Fathers..bring the thought of particular Churches into community with the thought of the Universal Church when outwardly united. 1923 Times 13 Sept. 6/2 The belief of Christendom is that there is only one Universal or Catholic Church. ?1943 J. R. R. Tolkien Lett. (1981) 60 It could only be imposed on a special ‘chastity-order’ of the Church, not on the universal Church. 2000 A. Hastings in A. Hastings et al. Oxf. Compan. Christian Thought 510/2 Papacy signifies the Church of Rome, and especially its bishops, as claiming an exercising authority over the universal church in a way unique to itself and derived from St Peter. < as lemmas |
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