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  CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America
Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America
The Church of England was planted permanently in Virginia in 1607, at the foundation of the Jamestown Colony.
During the period of the Revolution the Church of England in America suffered greatly in the estimation of Americans by its strong attachment to the cause of the British Crown.
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 Encyclopedia Coptica: The Christian Coptic Orthodox Church Of Egypt
The Coptic Church is based on the teachings of Saint Mark who brought Christianity to Egypt during the reign of the Roman emperor Nero in the first century, a dozen of years after the Lord's ascension.
This long-held position of the Church concerning the separation between State and Religion stems from the words of the Lord Jesus Christ himself, when he asked his followers to submit to their rulers: "Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." [Mathew 22:21].
There are three main Liturgies in the Coptic Church: The Liturgy according to Saint Basil, Bishop of Caesarea; The Liturgy according to Saint Gregory of Nazianzus, Bishop of Constantinople; and The Liturgy according to Saint Cyril I, the 24th Pope of the Coptic Church.
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 Tennessee, United States of America Statistics, Facts and Figures from CityBloc.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Tennessee is a Southern state of the United States.
Tennessee was the only state that seceded from the Union that did not have a military governor after the American Civil War, mostly due to the influence of President Andrew Johnson, a native of the state, who was Lincoln's vice president and succeeded him as president, due to the assassination.
The state's African-American population is concentrated mainly in West Tennessee and the city of Nashville.
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 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : United States Code   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The United States Code (U.S.C.) is a compilation and codification of the general and permanent federal Law of the United States.
Upon enactment of a law, the original bill is delivered to the Archivist of the United States, and duplicate copies are issued in pamphlet form as "slip laws" by the Government Printing Office.
The two leading annotated versions are the United States Code Annotated, abbreviated as U.S.C.A., and the United States Code Service, abbreviated as U.S.C.S. The U.S.C.A. is published by Westlaw (part of Thomson), and the U.S.C.S. is published by LexisNexis (part of Reed Elsevier).
www.hallencyclopedia.com /United_States_Code   (1757 words)

  
 EH.Net Encyclopedia: Life Insurance in the United States through World War I
In those states where a general law did not exist, new companies often had the New York law inserted into their charter, with these provisions being upheld by the state courts.
Although fraternal societies had existed throughout the history of the United States, it was only in the postbellum era that they mushroomed in number and emerged as a major provider of life insurance, mainly for working-class Americans.
Not included in Figure 5 is the War Risk insurance issued by the United States government during World War I. Beginning in April 1917, all active military personnel received a $4,500 insurance policy payable by the federal government in the case of death or disability.
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 Largest Religious Groups in the USA
The United Methodist Church was formed in 1968 by a merger of the Methodist Church and The Evangelical United Brethren Church.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America was formed in Columbus, Ohio, April 30-May 3, 1987 by a merger of three Lutheran bodies: the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches (AELC), the Lutheran Church in America (LCA) and The American Lutheran Church (ALC).
It may be noted that churches which are numerically the largest in a particular state vary widely in what percentage of the state's residents belong to the church.
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 Books about Religious Conservatism in the United States
This is a bibliography of books relating to politically conservative religious movements in the United States, with particular attention to the history of Christian millennialism.
Rachel N. Klein, Unification of a Slave State: The Rise of the Planter Class in the South Carolina Backcountry, 1760-1808, University of North Carolina Press, 1990.
Wyn Craig Wade, The Fiery Cross: The Ku Klux Klan in America, Simon and Schuster, 1987.
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 MPR: Minnesota Public Radio Presents
Secretary Albright was in the Twin Cities this week to report on the findings of a task force she chaired with former Minnesota Republican Congressman Vin Weber on the future of democracy in the Middle East.
The United States is making huge demands on its military personnel; the toughest since the Vietnam War.
Today, in the all-volunteer military, about half of all service people are married with children, so the burdens of fighting these wars are shared in military homes and military towns.
minnesota.publicradio.org /radio/programs/mpr_presents/archive/2005   (3335 words)

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