#Christian_church__church__Christianity a group of Christians; any group professing Christian doctrine or belief; "the church is debating the issue of women priests"
supertype: religion__faith institution to express belief in a divine power; "he was raised in the Baptist religion"; "a member of his own faith contradicted him"
member: Christian
subtype: Catholic_Church any of several churches claiming to have maintained historical continuity with the original Christian Church
subtype: Roman_Catholic_Church__Roman_Catholic__Western_Church__Church_of_Rome__Roman_Church the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy
subtype: Old_Catholic_Church Catholic churches that broke away from the Roman Catholic Church in the 18th century
subtype: Eastern_Church__Byzantine_Church the Catholic Church of the Byzantine Empire
subtype: Eastern_Orthodox_Church__Orthodox_Church__Orthodox_Catholic_Church__Eastern_Church derived from the Byzantine Church and adhering to Byzantine rites
subtype: Greek_Orthodox_Church__Greek_Church state church of Greece; an autonomous part of the Eastern Orthodox Church
subtype: Russian_Orthodox_Church independent with its own Patriarch of Moscow; until 1917 the established church
subtype: Uniat_Church__Uniate_Church any of several Eastern churches acknowledging papal authority but retaining their own rites and canon law
subtype: Coptic_Church the ancient Christian church of Egypt
subtype: Protestant_Church__Protestant the Protestant churches and denominations collectively
subtype: Pentecostal_religion any fundamentalist Protestant church that uses revivalistic methods to achieve experiences comparable to the Pentecostal experiences of the first Christian disciples
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