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Home Dictionary Name: broad churchBroad Church
A portion of the Church of England consisting of persons who claim to hold a position in respect to doctrine and fellowship intermediate between the High Church party and the Low Church or evangelical party The term has been applied to other bodies of men holding liberal or comprehensive views of Christian doctrine and fellowship...
Chasuble
The outer vestment worn by the priest in saying Mass consisting in the Roman Catholic Church of a broad flat back piece and a narrower front piece the two connected over the shoulders only The back has usually a large cross the front an upright bar or pillar designed to be emblematical of Christs sufferings In the Greek Church the chasuble is a large round mantle...
Magna Carta
Magna Carta, [Latin 'great charter'] The English charter that King John granted to the barons in 1215 and Henry III and Edward I later confirmed. It is generally regarded as one of the great common-law documents and as the foundation of constitution liberties. The other three great charters of English Liberty are the Petition of Right (3 Car. (1628)), the Habeas Corpus Act (31 Car. 2 (1679)), and the Bill of Rights (1 Will. SM. (1689)). Also spelled Magna charta, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 963.This Great Charter is based substantially upon the Saxon Common Law, which flourished in this kingdom until the Normaninvasion consolidated the system of feudality, still the great characteristic of the principles of real property. The barons assembled at St.Edmund's Bury, in Suffolk, in the later part of the year 1214, and there solemnly swore upon the high alter to withdraw their allegiance from the Crown, and openly rebel, unless King John confirmed by a formal charter the ancient li...
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