Sentence examples similar to church developing from inspiring English sources

The Coptic Orthodox Church developed a democratic system of government after the 1890s.

As the early church developed it was monastic, without parochial or diocesan divisions or central government.

A dissident church developed to oppose state-supported orthodoxy and became a focus of indigenous Egyptian loyalties.

After Jesus was crucified and resurrected, Mormons believe, he came to preach to the group and a church developed, only to fall into apostasy until Smith restored it.

The Commons, acting as a "lay synod" of the church, developed an increasing sense of responsibility and accountability in religious matters.

Many of the cultural centres of the Western church developed distinctive characteristics while sharing the common heritage of the Hebrew liturgy and Greek culture.

In spite of these very strong religious and emotional restraints, the church developed a form of art peculiar to its needs.

In the Middle Ages, Georgia experienced several periods of political expansion, during which the church developed remarkably rich traditions of art, architecture, and literature.

The Christian Church developed from three independent groups that had withdrawn from the Methodist, Baptist, and Presbyterian denominations in the late 1700s and early 1800s.

"In no other country had the church developed a single national protocol or process for responding to victims of child sexual abuse," he said.

Problems with the church developed when Calles instituted vigorously anticlerical measures; in retaliation the church suspended all religious ceremonies and approved and possibly sponsored a rebellion in western Mexico known as the Cristeros.