Disciples of Christ
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- proper noun
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Discípulos de Cristo
- And then there's The Disciples of Christ.
- Disciples of Christ Christian Church
- Disciples of Christ Church
Examples
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After careful reflection, she decided to attend services at the Disciples of Christ Church, which emphasizes baptism by immersion.
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That prior right, however, carries with it a tremendous responsibility, for human life, even potential human life, is valued. -- Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Blog text (30) -
He's a member of the Disciples of Christ.
Fiction book (1998) -
The U.C.C. and the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) were in serious conversations about a deeper commitment to church union.
Academic text (2014) -
Tom Best (Christian Churches/Disciples of Christ) joined the group at this meeting, in part as a scribe to keep things in order, but also as a new voice in the mix.
Academic text (2015) -
Taking it all in, as well, was a thirty-six-year-old American delegate, a minister in the Christian Church, Disciples of Christ, Charles Clayton Morrison.
Academic text (2014) -
The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) believes that the mother has an overwhelming stake in her own pregnancy, and to be forced to give birth to a child against her will is a peculiarly personal violation of her freedom.
Blog text (30) -
One thing that we must always keep in mind is that we don't study and learn apologetics to be able to win arguments or to show how smart we are; we learn and study apologetics to be better disciples of Christ, better evangelists, and Christians who are better equipped and prepared to engage culture instead of disengaging from it.
Blog text (30) -
Six responses to BEM were received from Canada: the Anglican Church of Canada, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, the Presbyterian Church in Canada, the United Church of Canada, the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Canada, and the Canadian Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends.
Academic text (2015) -
He grew up attending Sunday school and was later baptized in the Disciples of Christ tradition.
Synonyms
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A Protestant group that uses the Bible as the only guide and baptizes by putting people fully into water
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase literally combines 'disciple' (follower), the genitive 'of', and 'Christ' (Jesus), so a learner who knows these words will readily infer it refers to followers or a group associated with Christ — i.e., a Christian group. Specific denominational doctrines (baptism by immersion, sola scriptura) are not predictable from the words, but the basic referential meaning as a Christian denomination is transparently compositional.
Etymology
Disciples of Christ was chosen in the early 1800s by groups who wanted to be like the first disciples—simple 'followers' of Christ. They used that name to show they trusted the 'Bible' alone and practiced baptism by being fully dipped in water, so today it names a Protestant group with those beliefs.