Examples of Invisible Church in the following topics:
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- The Christian Church is the assembly of followers of Jesus Christ; in Christianity, a church is the building where its members meet.
- The Eastern Orthodox Church and Oriental Orthodoxy each claim to be the original Christian Church.
- The Eastern Orthodox Church bases its claim primarily on its traditions and beliefs of the original Christian Church.
- By contrast, the Catholic Church teaches in its doctrine that it is the original Church founded by Christ on the Apostles in the 1st century AD.
- Churches of Christ are autonomous Christian churches associated with one another through common beliefs and practices.
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- A slight modification of the church type is that of ecclesia.
- The state churches of some European nations would fit this type.
- The Anglican Church of England, for example, is a state church that does not have the adherence of all English citizens.
- Although the word "ecclesial" itself stems from the Greek word for "church" or "gathering," ecclesias are not necessarily churches.
- The Catholic Church applies the word "Church" only to Christian communities that, in the view of the Catholic Church, "have true sacraments in light of Apostolic succession" and that possess a priesthood and the Eucharist.
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- Title page of Wonders of the Invisible World (London, 1693) by Cotton Mather
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- The Church of England controlled Virginian society and government during the colonial era.
- According to the ministers, the colonists were typically inattentive, disinterested, and bored during church services.
- Baptists, German Lutherans, and Presbyterians funded their own ministers and favored disestablishment of the Anglican Church.
- The Patriots, led by Thomas Jefferson, disestablished the Anglican Church in 1786.
- Government and college officials in the capital at Williamsburg were required to attend services at this Anglican church.
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- A stave church is a medieval wooden church with a post and beam construction related to timber framing.
- Archaeological excavations have shown that stave churches descend from palisade constructions and later churches with earth-bound posts.
- These churches gave an impression of a basilica.
- Bull of the main portal in Hedalen stave church (c. 1853).
- Example of a Norwegian wooden stave church: Stave church in Lom.
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- This was because the English monarch was the head of the church.
- As a result, Church of England priests swore allegiance to the British crown at their ordination.
- Furthermore, loyalty to the church and to its head could be construed as treason to the American cause.
- The Anglican Communion was created, allowing a separated Episcopal Church of the United States that would still be in communion with the Church of England.
- Jonathan Mayhew was a noted American minister at Old West Church, Boston, Massachusetts.
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- The Chora Church's full name is the Church of the Holy Savior in Chora.
- The church was first built in Constantinople the early fifth century.
- Mosaics extensively decorate the narthices of the Chora Church.
- Inner Narthex, Chora Church, Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey.
- Parecclesion, Chora Church, Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey.
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- The Crusades resulted in the growth and rising wealth of pilgrimage churches, many of which were built in the Romanesque style.
- The result of the considerable number of new churches being built and the rising wealth of the pilgrimage churches, was the growth of Romanesque architecture.
- Many castles were built during this period, but they are greatly outnumbered by churches.
- Many churches were built along this route and reflect the Romanesque architectural style.
- Analyze the religious fervor of the Crusades with the extensive creation of pilgramage churches.