EVANGELICAL See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

CHURCH See also:

• CONFERENCE

CONFERENCE  , a See also:

• CONVENTION (Lat. conventio, an assembly or agreement, from convenire, to come together)
• CONVENTION, THE NATIONAL

convention of delegates from the different See also:

• PROTESTANT

Protestant churches of See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany . The See also:

• CONFERENCE

conference originated in 1848, when the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• DESIRE

desire for See also:

• POLITICAL

political unity made itself See also:

• FELT (cognate with Ger. Filz, Du. vilt, Swed. and Dan. fill; the root is unknown; the word has given Med. Lat. filtrum, " filter ")

felt in the ecclesiastical See also:

• SPHERE (Gr. vclsa?pa, a ball or globe)

sphere as well . A preliminary See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting was held at Sandhof near See also:

• FRANKFORT

Frankfort in See also:

• JUNE

June of that See also:

• YEAR

year, and on the 21st of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September some five See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred delegates representing the Lutheran, the Reformed, the See also:

• UNITED

United and the Moravian churches assembled at See also:

• WITTENBERG

Wittenberg . The gathering was known as Kirchentag (See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church See also:

• DIET

diet), and, while leaving each See also:

• DENOMINATION (Lat. denominare, to give a specific name to)

denomination See also:

• FREE

free in respect of constitution, See also:

• RITUAL (from Lat. ritus, a custom, especially a religious rite or custom)

ritual, See also:

• DOCTRINE

doctrine and attitude towards the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, agreed to See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act unitedly in bearing See also:

• WITNESS
• WITNESS (from O. Eng. witan, to know)

witness against the non-evangelical churches and in defending the rights and liberties of the churchc3 ii the federation . The organization thus closely resembles that of the Free Church Federation in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . The See also:

• MOVEMENT

movement exercised considerable See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence during the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of the 19th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . Though no Kirchentag, as such, has been convened since 1871, its See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place has been taken by the Kongrcss See also:

• FUR (connected with O. Fr. forre, a sheath or case; so " an outer covering ")

fur innere See also:

• MISSION

Mission, which holds See also:

• ANNUAL

annual meetings in different towns . There is also a biennial conference of the evangelical churches held at See also:

• EISENACH

Eisenach to discuss matters of general See also:

• INTEREST

interest . Its decisions have no legislative force .