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单词 virtual church
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virtual Church
virtual Church n. (also Church virtual) Christian Church Obsolete a person or body acting in the name of the whole church; a representative of the church, spec. the Pope. Frequently used depreciatively by opponents of Roman Catholicism.
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1616 T. Beard Retractiue from Romish Relig. v. 148 [They] take the Church in the third sense for the Pope, and then you haue the man that is the Church virtuall, and must be all in all.
1646 J. Maxwell Burden of Issachar 45 It was not consented to by the Church: that is, the Virtuall Church, the Generall Assemblie.
1799 G. Thomson Confession, Covenants, & Secession Testimony 13 The papists will have the church virtual, i.e. the pope so far above kings, that he may dethrone them.
1848 C. Wordsworth Sequel Lett. M. Gondon ii. 26 If the Romanists will resign up their senses and understanding to this virtual Church, (which is the Pope), [etc.].
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