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	History of Mother's Day
		Mother goddesses were worshipped in both of these cultures during the spring and in religious festivals.
		The church was decorated with her mother's favourite flower, the white carnation, a symbol of sweetness, purity and endurance.
		Church services make special mention of the devotion of mothers to the task of caring for and raising their children, reminding families to take special care of their mothers.
	www.inmamaskitchen.com /SEASONS/mothers_day_history.html (913 words)

	Mother Church - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Similarly, the church of the bishop of an episcopal see is often considered the mother church of a diocese.
		For example, Madonna Della Strada Chapel is the mother church of the Province of Chicago of the Society of Jesus.
		On a broader scale, the Chiesa del Gesu in Rome is the mother church of all Jesuits throughout the world as it is the church of the order's Superior General.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Motherchurch (350 words)

	Reformation21 » Article
		Conservative denominational churches stress doctrinal formulation as the point of coherence but sometimes stress secondary issues to the point of fostering a lack of catholicity resulting in the un-churching of those whose practice is different from theirs.
		A seemingly potent reaction is now gripping the USA in the form of the “Emergent Church” phenomenon,[12] a movement that thinks that changes in the culture signals that a new church is “emerging.” Central to its philosophy is the idea that cultural accretions have eclipsed the gospel from the present generation.
		It appears to be a reaction to seeker-sensitive churches and what is felt to be a dilution of gospel priorities on the one hand and a distrust of the institutional church (and its confessionalism) on the other.
	www.reformation21.org /Past_Issues/September_2005_Home/Article/83 (1739 words)

	mother of church
		Therefore she is also hailed as a preeminent and altogether singular member of the Church, and as the Church's model and excellent exemplar in faith and charity.
		Virgin Mary is the Mother of the Church of Christ, the Mother of the Mystical Body of Christ.
		Virgin Mary is the mother of the Church and your Mother, and she is always there, with her humility, and her power, and her mercy, to help you against the struggle with Satan and his Seed...
	religion-cults.com /mary/church.htm (2140 words)

	Reformation21 » Mother Church
		Conservative denominational churches stress doctrinal formulation as the point of coherence but sometimes stress secondary issues to the point of fostering a lack of catholicity resulting in the un-churching of those whose practice is different from theirs.
		A seemingly potent reaction is now gripping the USA in the form of the “Emergent Church” phenomenon,[12] a movement that thinks that changes in the culture signals that a new church is “emerging.” Central to its philosophy is the idea that cultural accretions have eclipsed the gospel from the present generation.
		It appears to be a reaction to seeker-sensitive churches and what is felt to be a dilution of gospel priorities on the one hand and a distrust of the institutional church (and its confessionalism) on the other.
	reformation21.com /Content/83 (1739 words)

	Holy Mother The Church
		The Catechism of the Catholic Church is a compilation of the Church’s faith and of Catholic doctrine, attested to or illumined by Sacred Scripture, the Apostolic Tradition, and the Church’s Magisterium.
		By virtue of this living communication, each baptized person can be considered to be at the same time a child of the Church, in that he is generated in her to divine life, and Mother Church, in that, by his faith and love he cooperates in giving birth to new children for God.
		The Church, in turn, as a true Mother cannot but be wounded by the sin of her children of yesterday and today, continuing to love them always, to the point of making herself responsible in all times for the burden created by their sins.
	home.att.net /~faithleap/Holy_Mother_The_Church.htm (3195 words)

	Holy Mother Church - WELS.net
		The use of "Mother" as a name and title for the Church, particularly in conjunction with God the Father (as in one of the examples quoted from Dr. Hogg), creates the image of the Church as the bride of the Father.
		The church which preaches the gospel can certainly be pictured as the mother of believers, as she is in Revelation 12.
		When Luther calls the church the mother of believers in the Large Catechism, he makes it clear that he is talking about the assembly of all believers, not an outward organization (see Triglotta, p 689-691).
	www.wels.net /cgi-bin/site.pl?1518&cuQA_qaID=1&cuTopic_topicID=47&cuItem_itemID=7694 (1216 words)

	The Need For A Mother-Church
		So, in saying that the church is "inclosed" this writer is advocating that each church of the Lord Jesus is completely independent of all other organizations and that no decisions pertaining to the work of God through the churches can be made outside this local establishment.
		In our example, the person simply places himself in the new church, and others are added according to his agreement; therefore, the first person to begin the work becomes the authority for all the actions of the church.
		When it was found that there were believers in Samaria through Philip’s preaching, the church at Jerusalem sent Peter and John; and they laid their hands on the Samaritans, and they received the demonstration of the Holy Spirit [authority] just as the believers in Jerusalem had received.
	www.baptistpillar.com /bd0261.htm (2635 words)

	Cradock Dutch Reformed 'Mother' Church
		The church was completed in 1868 on the same site as the first Dutch Reformed church.
		This church community was also the first in Cradock and established in 1824, 10 years after the town received it's name.
		During the Anglo-Boer War, the roof of the church was used as a look-out post by the British soldiers who occupied the town.
	www.places.co.za /html/mother_church.html (202 words)

	The Mother of the Church
		She is the Mother of God like my mother is the mother of Dr. Domínguez, even if she doesn't know medicine, nor how to make neither eyes nor souls...
		In all the kingdoms, the mother of the King is the "Queen Mother"...
		Virgin Mary is the Mother of Jesus, the Spouse of the Holy Spirit, and the favored daughter of the Father...
	religion-cults.com /Christianity/mother.htm (1018 words)

	Mothering Sunday: What to buy your mother on Mother's Day
		Traditionally, Mothering Sunday was a day when children, mainly daughters, who had gone to work as domestic servants were given a day off to visit their mother and family.
		Others believe the Mother Church was substituted for mother goddess and custom began to dictate that a person visit the church of his/her baptism on this day.
		In the church calendar, Mothering Sunday or Mid-Lent Sunday as it is also known, commemorates the banquet given by Joseph to his brethren.
	wwp.mothering-sunday.co.uk (1049 words)

	Holy Mother Church (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		A male is capable of being a father and a female is capable of being a mother.
		So when we say that the church has God’s law we are not saying that this is what makes her our mother.
		The fact that God is our Father and the church is our mother means that it is wrong to put a woman into the pulpit as a preacher.
	www.angelfire.com /mn2/riverheights/HolyMotherChurch.htm (2185 words)

	Mary Baker Eddy Institute \| Weekly Book Section
		Eddy was appointed on the committee to draft the Tenets of the Mother Church.
		If at a meeting of this Church a doubt or disagreement shall arise among the members as to the signification of the communications of the Pastor Emeritus to them, before action is taken it shall be the duty of the Clerk to report to her the vexed question and to await her explanation thereof.
		If it be found that the Church funds have not been properly managed, it shall be the duty of the Board of Directors and the Treasurer to be individually responsible for the performance of their several offices satisfactorily, and for the proper distribution of the funds of which they are the custodians.
	www.mbeinstitute.org /Manual.htm (12452 words)

	Scientology Newsroom
		Mothers naturally want to give their baby the best possible start in life and thus keep the birth as quiet as possible.
		The Church of Scientology was founded in 1954 and since then has grown from one church to more than 6,000 churches, missions and groups in 159 countries, serving millions of parishioners in 66 languages worldwide.
		Church of Scientology International is the mother church of the worldwide Scientology religion.
	www.scientology.org /html/en_US/news-media (1597 words)

	PC(USA) - Ideas! For Church Leaders - Mother's Day
		While Mother’s Day does not appear anywhere on the church’s liturgical calendar, it is arguably one of the more significant Sundays of the calendar year.
		During the seventeenth century in Great Britain, Mothering Sunday was observed on the fourth Sunday of Lent as a day when apprentices and servants could return home for the day to visit their mothers.
		On this day we set aside to remember mothering, we also call to mind those men who are called to the vocation of mothering, those who, in the absence of another, seek the heart of a Mary or a Rachel.
	www.pcusa.org /ideas/2004summer/mothersday.htm (839 words)

	Hagia Sophia - Mother of Churches
		Hagia Sophia or Holy Wisdom is the mother church of all Eastern Christians of the Byzantine liturgical tradition both Orthodox and Greek Catholic.
		That expectation however was disappointed when in later years earthquakes destroyed parts of the church and dome, requiring massive repairs including the construction of large buttresses to support the walls which in turn held up the dome.
		In its heyday as the Imperial church, Hagia Sophia was served by 80 priests, 150 deacons, 60 subdeacons, 160 readers, 25 cantors and 75 doorkeepers.
	www.byzantines.net /epiphany/hagiasophia.htm (1441 words)

	Thema - Volume 8, Issue 5
		The book of Revelation depicts the Church as a mother giving birth to the Messiah and then shows her hiding to avoid persecution (Rev. 12).
		For there is no other way to enter into life unless this mother conceive us in her womb, give us birth, nourish us at her breast, and lastly, unless she keep us under her care and guidance until putting off mortal flesh, we become like angels.
		Proverbs 31 tells us that mother "opens her mouth with wisdom, and on her tongue is the law of kindness." Proverbs also tells us to "not forsake the law of your mother.
	www.credenda.org /issues/8-5thema.php (1920 words)

	Books in Review: Mother Church: Ecclesiology and Ecumenism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Church and its tradition, according to Braaten, are intrinsic to the hermeneutic of historical inquiry into the Christ-event.
		While he firmly accepts the authority of the Bible, Braaten is aware of the limitations of the formula "Scripture alone." He acknowledges that Holy Scripture, as a privileged distillation of early tradition, cannot be identified or rightly interpreted except in light of tradition.
		Protestant churches, according to Braaten, incline toward a model of separation between Christ and the Church, whereas Roman Catholicism tends toward a close identification between the two.
	www.firstthings.com /ftissues/ft9901/reviews/dulles.html (1455 words)

	Robinson vs. Directors of Christian Science "Mother Church"
		THE CHURCH WAS FOUNDED IN 1892 by the Reverend Mary Baker Eddy through the creation of a legal deed of trust conveying to four individuals the property on which the Church was to be built.
		The intent of Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of the public charitable trusts which formed the legal basis of her Church, is evident in the Church deeds of trust, the Church Manual including its By-laws, and in Mrs.
		The Church described in the deed of trust is a local church: "[t]he congregation which shall worship in said church shall be styled ‘The First Church of Christ, Scientist.’" Manual at 132 (emphasis added).
	www.melchizedek.com /press/Robinson-vs-Directors.htm (8901 words)

	Mother Church
		So, in saying that the church is "inclosed" this writer is advocating that each church of the Lord Jesus is completely independent of all other organizations and that no decisions pertaining to the work of God through the churches can be made outside this local establishment.
		Upon baptizing the new convert the authority for baptism was changed from the church to an individual or a fragment.
		In our example, the person simply places himself in the new church, and others are added according to his agreement; therefore, the first person to begin the work becomes the authority for all the actions of the church.
	www.firstharrison.org /mother_church.htm (2563 words)

	Patriarchate of Jerusalem - The Church of Jerusalem (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Patriarchate of Jerusalem - The Church of Jerusalem
		The Church traces its origins back to Mount Sinai and to the Holy City of Jerusalem, being the Ancient Church that continues to this day to preserve the Apostolic teachings and rich heritage of its ancient Patriarchs.
		The Holy Church, remaining faithful to the command of our Lord and to the teaching and practice of the Early Church, has maintained its Apostolic Succession throughout the trials and tribulations of its nearly twenty centuries-long history.
	www.churchofjerusalem.org (1688 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Filial Church
		church to which is annexed the cure of souls, but which remains dependent on another
		church which has been constituted by the dismemberment of an older parish.
		churches established within the limits of an extensive parish, without any dismemberment of the parochial territory.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/06072a.htm (442 words)

	Mary, Mother of the Church
		The gender of the Greek word ekklisia is feminine, and Paul himself speaks of the Church as the "bride of Christ", clearly indicating the Church is a 'she'.
		The Church with the Holy Spirit begets the Christian, and the Church bears the Christian in his or her growth "to the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ." (Eph.
		The Church is our spiritual mother, and yet like Mary, the mother of Christ, she must stand weeping at the cross of the Savior.
	orthodoxlutheran.fws1.com /bvm/mother.htm (2566 words)

	The Wisdom of Mother Church (This Rock: January 2002)
		In Holy Mother Church is the seed of spiritual life, given to her when Christ breathed on his apostles on Easter Sunday night, and through his commission to spread the gospel throughout the world.
		It is the development of the child in Mother Church’s spiritual womb that most fascinates me. Before a child can live independent of—yet desperately dependent on—its mother, it must grow and develop for months in her womb.
		It was not until Mother Church began to have Gentile children that we saw the advent of catechetical formation much as we have it today.
	www.catholic.com /thisrock/2002/0201fea2.asp (1399 words)

	Saint John Nepomuk, Saint Louis, Missouri
		Father Hessoun was in favor of enlarging the church, and for that purpose he bought some property west of the church.
		When the St. John's High Church Episcopal, on Dolman and Hickory, closed its doors in 1907, the Ruthenian Catholics bought the property and Catholic services were held there for the first time on the Feast of the Assumption of our Blessed Mother, 1907, and the church was formally dedicated to "St. Mary of the Assumption".
		In the 1930's the Saint Mary of the Assumption church switched to the Ukrainian Rite and it wasn't until the 1970's that the Ruthenians re-established a Byzantine Catholic community in Saint Louis.
	www.iarelative.com /czech/st_john.htm (1249 words)

	Giving to The Mother Church
		You may wish to name the Treasurer of The Mother Church as alternate executor in the event the named executor is unable to serve.
		If you name The Mother Church as the beneficiary of your will, and you would like the Church’s legal staff to review the relevant clause(s), we are happy to provide this service at no charge.
		You are assured that your desire to support The Mother Church is accomplished, you have the benefit from a current charitable deduction, and you have the joy of knowing that the gift is made during your lifetime.
	www.tfccs.com /gift/faq.jhtml (1321 words)

	From Holy Mother Church to "Buddy" Church (A Homeschooler's Commentary on Catholicism) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Children need their mothers (and fathers!) to clearly articulate what is right and wrong behavior, and as they grow and develop intellectually and emotionally they need to be taught why, based on God's plan for them.
		Holy Mother Church demanded obedience, just as a good mother does, so when they fell down they knew they had to go her and humbly and sorrowfully admit their sins in confession in order to cleanse their souls, just as a loving mother washes away her children's tears.
		Because Holy Mother Church was a loving mother, she was very succinct in her instructions so that Catholics would not be confused and inadvertently go astray.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-religion/1006811/posts (1915 words)

	Mother's Day on the Net - The Story
		On Mothering Sunday the servants would have the day off and were encouraged to return home and spend the day with their mothers.
		Jarvis persuaded her mother's church in Grafton, West Virginia to celebrate Mother's Day on the second anniversary of her mother's death, the 2nd Sunday of May. By the next year Mother's Day was also celebrated in Philadelphia.
		President Woodrow Wilson, in 1914, made the official announcement proclaiming Mother's Day as a national holiday that was to be held each year on the 2nd Sunday of May.
	www.holidays.net /mother/story.htm (515 words)

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