Sentences with phrase «legally established church»

«More generally, how can the Church of England remain in any meaningful sense the national legally established church, when it caters for such a small portion of the population?»

To be sure, Lewis spoke to a nation with a legally established church in World War II — era Britain.

Not exact matches

From 1607 until 1789 Protestant churches were more often than not legally established, and after disestablishment they were reestablished in custom, mores, ethos and clout — and remained so when Silcox and Fisher wrote and continued so symbolically until the election of John F. Kennedy in 1960.

Evangelical, holiness, and pentecostal churches were never legally or civically established.

No provision of this chapter shall be construed to limit the performance of activities of a rabbi, priest, minister, or member of the clergy of any religious denomination or sect, or use of the terms «Christian counselor» or «Christian clinical counselor» when the activities are within the scope of the performance of his or her regular or specialized ministerial duties and no compensation is received by him or her, or when such activities are performed, with or without compensation, by a person for or under the auspices or sponsorship, individually or in conjunction with others, of an established and legally cognizable church, denomination, or sect, and when the person rendering service remains accountable to the established authority thereof.