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• Church PolityOrganization & Polity

  Church polity refers to the systems and structures by which a church appoints its officers, makes decisions, and exercises governance and discipline. It is broadly divided into three forms: episcopal, presbyterian, and congregational.

• CharlemagnePeople

  Charlemagne (born 742 or c. 747–748; died 814) was king of the Franks. On Christmas Day 800 he was crowned emperor by Pope Leo III, and he is regarded as the figure who established the framework of politics, the church, and learning in medieval Western Europe.

• ReformationHistory

  The Reformation was a sixteenth-century reform movement in Western Europe that sought to correct the teachings and practices of the Roman Catholic Church in light of Scripture. Its beginning is usually dated to Martin Luther's publication of the Ninety-five Theses in 1517, and Protestantism emerged from this movement.

• Abraham KuyperPeople

  Abraham Kuyper (1837–1920) was a Dutch Reformed theologian, journalist, and statesman who founded the Free University of Amsterdam and served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1901 to 1905. He first articulated Neo-Calvinism and the concept of "sphere sovereignty."

• Kookmin IlboInstitutions

  The Kookmin Ilbo is a South Korean general-interest daily newspaper founded in 1988 by Pastor David Yonggi Cho. It professes a Christian ethos and, alongside general news, gives substantial coverage to the Korean Protestant community. It is owned by the Kookmin Cultural Foundation, an incorporated foundation.

• Paik Nak-chunPeople

  Paik Nak-chun (白樂濬, 1895–1985), also known as George Paik, was a Korean church historian, educator, and politician. His English-language doctoral dissertation on the history of Protestant missions in Korea was later published in Korean as *Hanguk Gaesingyosa* (History of Korean Protestantism). He served as president of Yonhi University, as South Korea's second Minister of Education, and as Speaker of the House of Councillors.

• Iconoclastic ControversyHistory

  The Iconoclastic Controversy was a theological and political dispute in the Byzantine Empire during the eighth and ninth centuries over whether it was legitimate to make and venerate images (icons) of Christ and the saints. It was largely settled with the restoration of icon veneration in 843.

• Westminster AssemblyHistory

  The Westminster Assembly was a council of theologians convened by the Long Parliament of England to reform the national church. It met from 1643 until about 1653 and produced the Westminster Confession of Faith, the Larger and Shorter Catechisms, and the Directory for Public Worship.

• Liberation TheologyDoctrine & Theology

  Liberation theology is a theological movement that arose in the Latin American Catholic Church in the late 1960s. It reads the Bible from the standpoint of the poor and oppressed and understands salvation as encompassing social and political liberation.

• Samuel RutherfordPeople

  Samuel Rutherford (c. 1600–1661) was a seventeenth-century Scottish Presbyterian minister and theologian. He attended the Westminster Assembly as a commissioner of the Church of Scotland and is known for his work of political theory, *Lex, Rex*, and for his collected letters.

• Medieval ChurchHistory

  The medieval church refers to the Western European church, centered on the pope in Rome, from about the fifth century to about the fifteenth century. Papal power grew and then declined during this period, which formed the background to the sixteenth-century Reformation.

• National Salvation Prayer MeetingChristian Life

  A national salvation prayer meeting is a church prayer gathering held for the well-being of a nation and its people when the country faces a crisis or a matter of great national importance. In a broader sense, the practice is also called "prayer for the nation."

• Cho Man-sikPeople

  Cho Man-sik (曺晩植, 1883–1950), known by the pen name Kodang (古堂), was a Korean independence activist, educator, politician, and Presbyterian church elder. He served as principal of Osan School, led the Korean Products Promotion Movement and the Singanhoe, and after liberation headed the Korean Democratic Party.

• Matthew 22:21Bible Verses

  Jesus' reply, "Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's." It is the verse most commonly cited in discussions of the relationship between the state and faith, and between the church and politics.

• The Church and the Democratization MovementHistory

  The church and the democratization movement refers to the activities of South Korean Protestants who, on the basis of their faith, called for the restoration of human rights and democracy under the military governments of the 1970s and 1980s. Pastors and young people from denominations affiliated with the National Council of Churches in Korea (NCCK) were at its center.

• The Death Penalty and the ChurchControversies

  The death penalty and the church is the debate over how the church should evaluate, in light of Scripture and the Christian faith, the state's practice of putting criminals to death. Both those who favor retaining capital punishment and those who favor abolishing it draw support from Scripture and church tradition.

• COVID-19 and the ChurchHistory

  COVID-19 and the Church covers the experience of churches in South Korea during the COVID-19 pandemic that began in 2020. Its principal topics are cluster outbreaks, government restrictions on in-person worship, the shift to online worship, and legal disputes over religious freedom.

• Abortion and the ChurchControversies

  Abortion and the Church refers to the debate, both within and outside the church, over how abortion (induced termination of pregnancy) should be judged from the standpoint of faith. The central issues are whether priority should be given to the life of the unborn child or to the decision of the pregnant woman, and how the state should address the matter in law.

• Reunification and the ChurchControversies

  Reunification and the Church refers to the debate over how the church should understand and pursue the overcoming of the division between North and South Korea and the proclamation of the gospel in North Korea. One position gives priority to peace and exchange, while the other gives priority to evangelism and religious freedom.