| 词汇 | free-church |
| 释义 | Free Church noun[ Cusually singular ] uk /ˌfriː ˈtʃɜːtʃ/ us /ˌfriː ˈtʃɝːtʃ/ a Protestant Church that is not part of a country's officially accepted Church（不属于国教的）自由教会 Religions & religious groups Abrahamic African Methodist Episcopal Church AME anti-Catholicism anti-Christianity evangelicalism faith-based Gnosticism Hinduism neo-paganism non-established paganism Pentecostalism Pentecostalist Sunni super-church Taoism Taoist the God squad totemism All that they felt themselves prepared to carry was a proposal that Free Church or United Presbyterian ministers should be "mutually eligible" for calls in the two Churches—a proposal that did not come to much. But the Free Church minority, ably led and knowing its own mind, stubbornly maintained its ground. If the pretext of the inability of the Free Church to administer its own estate had not been forthcoming, some other pretext must and would have been discovered. The Free Church Assembly, which met a fortnight later, passed a similar resolution unanimously, although not without a keen discussion revealing elements of opposition which were afterwards to gather strength. The Free Church has set an example to the world in fiscal arrangements, showing what steady determination, backed by courage and sound judgment, can eventually accomplish. |
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