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4 unusual facts about Holiness


Pentecostal Churches of Christ

A notable characteristic of the Pentecostal Churches of Christ is that they have sought to combine Pentecostal Holiness teaching and practice with a much enhanced sympathy and openness towards the teachings and practices of the worldwide Christian community, including the teachings and practices of the ancient church over the two thousand years of Christian history.

United Covenant Churches of Christ

The United Covenant Churches of Christ or United Covenant Churches of Christ International is a Pentecostal Holiness denomination in the United States of America.

United Pentecostal Churches of Christ

A notable characteristic of the United Pentecostal Churches of Christ is that they have sought to combine Pentecostal Holiness teaching and practice with an ecclesiology and theology that is at once evangelical, pentecostal, sacramental, ceremonial and celebratory.

United Pentecostal Churches of Christ was a name used from 1992 until at least 2004 as the name of a Pentecostal Holiness denomination in the United States of America.


Anthonians

Men drawn to his hermitage in the Thebaid (Egypt) by the fame of his holiness, and forming the first monastic communities.

Badrinath Temple

The Rawal is accorded high holiness status by Garwhal Rifles and also the state governments of Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.

BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir London

From the conceptual design and vision of His Holiness Pramukh Swami Maharaj, the architect C. B. Sompura and his team created the mandir entirely from stone.

Bible Missionary Church

Bible Missionary Church, founded in 1955, is an evangelical, holiness Christian denomination headquartered in the United States.

Cardinals created by Adrian VI

#Willem van Enckevoirt, bishop of Tortosa and datary of His Holiness – cardinal-priest of SS.

Charles Schilling

His last years were spent in Mouscron, Belgium, where his evident holiness led people to call him "the tall saint" (because of his height) or "the saint of Mouscron".

Chinese Independent Churches

Pentecostalism stresses the "Baptism of the Holy Spirit" and the use of supernatural spiritual gifts such as prophecy, healing, and speaking in unknown tongues, and is fired by a strong millennialism (expecting the return of Christ at any moment; this feature was also characteristic of many others of the newer mission groups (especially Holiness and Adventist ones).

Dharma Raja

An interesting insight into the religious tolerance of the Maharajah is gained through a letter by Pope Clement XIV wherein His Holiness thanked the Maharajah for the kindness to the members of his church in Travancore and officially placed all the Christians in Travancore under the protection of the sovereign.

Fire Baptized Holiness Church of God of the Americas

The Anglo-American division of the Fire-Baptized Holiness Church merged with the Pentecostal Holiness Church on 30 January 1911 in Falcon, North Carolina, to form what is now known as the International Pentecostal Holiness Church.

Fire-Baptized Holiness Church

Founded in 1895, it merged with the Pentecostal Holiness Church in 1911, forming a new denomination now known as the International Pentecostal Holiness Church.

Francis Kodankandath

The Art of Happiness was inaugurated by His Holiness Dalai Lama at Cochin, Kerala on 25 November 2012.

Glorious Gospel Christian Church

Following graduation and ordination, he was sent by Bishop Nakada Juji to serve as the pastor of the Holiness congregation in Aso, Kyushu.

Happiness Is

The film features interviews with notable personalities such as His Holiness The Dalai Lama, Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp as well has happiness authors Daniel Gilbert, Gretchen Rubin and Darrin McMahon.

Holiness movement

Robert and Hannah Smith were among those who took the holiness message to England, and their ministries helped lay the foundation for the now-famous Keswick Convention.

Ida B. Robinson

African-American Holiness Pentecostal Movement: An Annotated Bibliography By Sherry Sherrod DuPree Published by Taylor & Francis, 1996 ISBN 0-8240-1449-9, ISBN 978-0-8240-1449-0, 650 pages

John B. Stephenson

John Stephenson established ties with a diverse group of notable people whom he brought to speak at Berea College, from Roots author Alex Haley, and Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa, to His Holiness, The Dalai Lama.

Kuniyoshi Obara

Influenced by Plato, Erasmus and Swiss education reformer Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, this philosophy promoted a balanced and individualized approach to the development of the student in the six aspects of truth (veritas; academic ideals), goodness (bonum; moral education), beauty (pulchritudo; art education), holiness (sanctitas; religious education), health (sanitas; physical education) and wealth (copia; vocational education).

Lati Rinpoche

On arrival in Dharamsala, he was appointed as the Spiritual Advisor to His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama.

Mark Warford

Mark Warford has written with, directed and produced notable international artists such as producer and Eurythmics co-founder, David A. Stewart, platinum-selling British soul singer, Joss Stone, and luminaries such as His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and Harry Belafonte.

Mary Lee Cagle

In November 1904 the Milan New Testament Church of Christ met in Rising Star, Texas to agree to a church union with the Independent Holiness Church.

Mission San Luis Rey de Francia

In 1998, Sir Gilbert Levine led members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and, with the special permission of His Holiness Pope John Paul II, the ancient Cappella Giulia Choir of St. Peter's Basilica, in a series of concerts to commemorate the 200th Anniversary of the founding of the mission.

Necrodaemon Terrorsathan

Pope John Paul II is implicitly referenced in one line of the lyrics to the track 'Cremation of Holiness'.

Nourhan Manougian

He was elevated to the rank of Archbishop in 2000 by His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians.

Operation Luna

Religious diversity: Although the narrator, Steve, hints at his and his wife's vague Christianity mitigated by agnosticism, and the existence of a "One True God" is assumed, the reality of a diverse number of religious traditions is affirmed, including Native American (specifically Zuni) beliefs, Norse mythology, Asian traditions (specifically Chinese mythology), and Judaism (in a small part, as Steve regards the holiness of his Jewish neighbors with reverence).

Paciano Aniceto

His Principal Consecrator was His Holiness Pope John Paul II and his Principal Co-Consecrators were their Eminences Duraisamy Simon Cardinal Lourdusamy and Eduardo Cardinal Martinez Somalo.

Pearsall

Robert Pearsall Smith, lay leader in the Holiness Movement in Great Britain

Philipp Jeningen

He served at the shrine of Our Lady of Schönenberg, near Ellwangen in Swabia, which had been made famous by the Jesuits, and to which Jeningen, through the renown of his holiness, drew pilgrims from near and far.

Pierre Édouard Frère

The marked sentimental tendency of his art makes us wonder at John Ruskin's enthusiastic eulogy which finds in Frère's work the depth of William Wordsworth, the grace of Sir Joshua Reynolds, and the holiness of Fra Angelico.

Psalm 150

Ronald Corp - Psalm 150, O Praise God in His Holiness (2007).

Qutbi Bohra

But due to strong love and affection for His Holiness Dr. Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin (RA) in the hearts of Dawoodi Bohra members the then Syedi Khuzaima Qutbuddin had to promote his Qutbi Bohra sub sect secretly.

Rikon im Tösstal

The monastic Tibet Institute Rikon was founded, according to the advice and under the patronage of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama.

Rubén Isaza Restrepo

He was, at the time, the youngest bishop in Colombia since he was Auxiliary Bishop of Cartagena, who began to lead the diocese February 20, 1955 at the consecration of His Excellence Paolo Bertoli, an ambassador of His Holiness Pius XII.

Sacred

As God alone is considered to be the ultimate source of all true purification and guidance in Islam, all holiness is his alone too.

Sai Maa

Sai Maa (born 1953) also known as Her Holiness Sai Maa (Mataji) or Sai Maa Lakshmi Devi is a guru and leader of a large community of followers, the head of the Humanity In Unity organization based in Boulder, Colorado, and an ashram based in Crestone, Colorado.

Saifee Villa

In the year 2008 and 2009, His Holiness Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin held the auspicious 9 sermons of Ashara Mubaraka in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

They were honoured to house the Head of the Community; His Holiness Syenda Taher Saifuddin on all of his five visits to Sri Lanka.

Sanctuary on San Cristóbal Hill

On the pedestal there is a small chapel in which his holiness John Paul II prayed and blessed the city of Santiago on April 1, 1987.

Sivagiri

Sivagiri, Kerala where sage and saint His Holiness Sree Narayana Guru's tomb is located

Tállya

Another legend says that at the Council of Trent a Hungarian bishop gave a taste of Tállya wine to Pope Pius IV, who said Summum pontificem talia vina decent – a Latin word play meaning "Tállya wine / This kind of wine is worthy to be on His Holiness' table!"

Teachings of Opus Dei

In his opening message for the theological symposium Holiness and the World, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger stressed that the teachings on sanctity of the founder of Opus Dei are "Christ-centred".

Thakur Dalip Singh

He is the nephew of His Holiness Sri Satguru Jagjit Singh Ji, Supreme Spiritual Head of Namdhari Sikhs.

Vithoba Temple, Pandharpur

They reply, they are the Ganga (Ganges), Yamuna and other holy rivers of India—revered for their holiness.

Yuhanon Mar Dioscoros

On December 4, 2008 His Holiness Baselios Mar Thoma Didymos I professed him as Ramban.


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