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Questions of Bartholomew

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New Testament apocrypha Apostolic Fathers 1 Clement  · 2 Clement Epistles of Ignatius Polycarp to the Philippians Martyrdom of Polycarp  · Didache Barnabas  · Diognetus The Shepherd of Hermas Jewish–Christian gospels Ebionites  · Hebrews  · Nazarenes Infancy gospels James  · Thomas  · Syriac  · Pseudo-Matthew  · History of Joseph the Carpenter Gnostic gospels Judas  · Mary  · Philip  · Truth  · Secret Mark  · The Saviour Other Gospels Thomas  · Marcion  · Nicodemus  · Peter  · Barnabas Apocalypse Paul Peter Pseudo-Methodius  · Thomas  · Stephen 1 James  · 2 James Epistles Apocryphon of James Apocryphon of John Epistula Apostolorum Pseudo-Titus Peter to Philip Paul and Seneca Acts Andrew  · Barnabas  · John  · Mar Mari  · The Martyrs Paul Peter  · Peter and Andrew Peter and Paul  · Peter and the Twelve  · Philip Pilate  · Thaddeus  · Thomas  · Timothy Xanthippe, Polyxena, and Rebecca Mis...

North Elbian Evangelical Lutheran Church

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The North Elbian Evangelical Lutheran Church (German: Nordelbische Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche ; NEK) was a Lutheran regional church in Northern Germany which emerged from a merger of four churches in 1977 and merged with two more churches in 2012. The NEK largely covered the area of the states of Schleswig-Holstein and Hamburg where it was the most important Christian denomination. It had 2.1 million members (as of 2006) in 595 parishes, constituting 46% of the population in its ambit. In May 2012 the NEK, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Mecklenburg and the Pomeranian Evangelical Church merged into Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany. [1] The NEK was a full member of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD), the United Evangelical Lutheran Church of Germany (VELKD), and the Lutheran World Federation (joined 1977). [2] The church was also a member of the Community of Protestant Churches in Europe. Contents 1 History 2 Prominent buildings 3 Pra...

Synod

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For the recurring astronomical alignments of celestial bodies, or "synodic period", see Orbital period. For the consensus algorithm for fault tolerant distributed systems, see Paxos (computer science). Diocesan synod in Kraków in 1643 presided by Bishop Piotr Gembicki A synod ( / ˈ s ɪ n ə d / ) is a council of a church, usually convened to decide an issue of doctrine, administration or application. The word synod comes from the Greek σύνοδος ( sýnodos ) meaning "assembly" or "meeting", and it is synonymous with the Latin word concilium meaning "council". Originally, synods were meetings of bishops, and the word is still used in that sense in Catholicism, Oriental Orthodoxy and Eastern Orthodoxy. In modern usage, the word often refers to the governing body of a particular church, whether its members are meeting or not. It is also sometimes used to refer to a church that is governed by a synod. Sometimes the phrase "general syno...