Churchianity

Churchianity

Churchianity is a pejorative term used to describe practices of Christianity that are viewed as placing a larger emphasis on the habits of church life or the institutional traditions the Christian Church (Ecclesia) than on the teachings of Jesus.Fact|date=August 2007

It can also be used to describe churches across many denominations where the central focus has moved from Christ to the church. Hence the replacement of Christ with church in the word "church"ianity. This is the Evangelical Protestant position. The opposing position taken by both the Orthodox Churches and the Roman Catholic Church is that the Church is very much essential ("Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus"), based on the close union between Christ and the Church as described in Biblical passages such as Epistle to the Ephesians (see Bride of Christ).

External links

* [http://www.theschoolofchrist.org/articles/churchianity.html "Churchianity Today" by Chip Brogden provides an in-depth explanation of Churchianity]
* [http://www.auburn.edu/~allenkc/chrichur.html Christianity vs. Churchianity]
* [http://www.skepticfiles.org/atheist/hindudoc.htm Why a Hindu Accepts Christ and Rejects Christianity]
* [http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=magazine.article&issue=soj9411&article=941110p Sojourners Magazine]
* [http://procinwarn.com/churchidict.htm#Churchianity Dictionary Definition of "Churchianity"]


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