In his letter to the Philippians, Paul references his coworkers, Euodias and Syntyche, who were leaders and cofounders of the Church (Holy, 798). ... All things must be done decently and in order (Holy, 958). ... The work of the Holy Spirit is not limited by social, cultural, popular, or traditional expectations. ... Settling issues should never supersede the mission of the church, as stated in Philippians (Holy, 978). ... A church should seek Scripture and lean on the Holy Spirit for guidance to come to a position and work to be confident they are conforming to the will of Christ. ...

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In the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy or Sacrosanctum Concilium it says that "The liturgy daily builds up those who are in the church making of them a holy temple of the Lord, a dwelling-place for God in the Spirit to the mature measure of the fullness of Christ.... The Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy passed which concluded a greater involvement of the congregation, the use of vernacular as opposed to Latin as well as a lowering of the age for Holy Communion. ... In Renaissance Italy when succession among royalty was the form of government, the Catholic Church more specifically the...

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EAST MEETS WEST Coptic Church, the major Christian church in Egypt, the name of which, derived from the Greek word for "Egyptian- (Arab., qubt, Westernized as Copt), points to its national origins. Unsubstantiated tradition attributes to the apostle Mark the initial preaching of Christianity in Egy...

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