Western Church
- noun
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Iglesia Occidental
- Over time, most of the Western Church shortened Advent to around twenty-four days.
That's that's what's lacking in the Western church today.
- That's that's what's lacking in the Western church today.
- Very tiny percent because of the Western church.
Examples
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Many people around the world identify with the teachings of the Western Church and its influence on society.
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If you generalize, you could say that the Western Church is the Church of Suffering, and the Eastern Church is the Church of Happiness.
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Well, you were the one who insisted on the Western Church, right?
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Let's call this chapter, um, 'The Eastern Church and the Western Church'.
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And now to reach the heart of your suffering Western Church, I have to jump ahead three years in the story and talk about my meeting with what I would call 'The Dangerous Men'.
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Most importantly, I shared that although Westerners still had a lot to offer them in the realm of Bible teaching, etc., God was saying that they also have a lot to offer to the Western Church.
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Although the Christian Church was split up in 1054 because of differences in opinion between the Eastern Church and the Western Church, what we today call the Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church, this is a typical Eastern Church icon.
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It usually depicts the Virgin Mary and the infant Jesus and more rarely, for instance, the Crucifixion, which in the Western Church was much more prevalent.
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The Western Church, led by the pope in the Vatican, has a rich history of traditions and rituals.
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The Western Church emphasizes the importance of community and fellowship in its worship services.
Synonyms
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A Christian church led by the Pope in the Vatican that has its own teachings and services
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A Christian church that the Pope leads in the Vatican
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The Christian church in Rome led by the Pope
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is largely compositional: combining 'western' (of the West) with 'church' (a Christian body) yields the general idea of the church associated with Western Christianity, which a B1 learner who knows the words can grasp. However, the specific institutional identification with the Vatican/Roman Catholic hierarchy is specialized historical and cultural knowledge not directly derivable from the constituents, so the expression is not fully transparent.
Etymology
The term Western Church comes from a long split in early Christianity, when the Western Church, meaning the churches near Rome, grew apart from those in the east. Because the western group was based in Rome and used Latin, Western Church came to mean the 'Roman Catholic Church' today.