Presbyterianism

qas: question: Where can you trace back the origins of Presbyterianism back to?
answers: text: British Isles
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question: What does the Presbyterian church typically emphasize?
answers: text: sovereignty of God
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question: Which act created the kingdom of Great Britain?
answers: text: Great Britain
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question: Presbyterianism is part of the unreformed tradition within what category of religion?
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question: To which Isles can the Civil War be traced?
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question: Which theology emphasizes the sovereignty of God but denies the authority of the scriptures?
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question: In 1807 The Acts of Union ensured which church government?
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question: In 1807 The Acts of Union ensured the Presbyterian church government in which country?
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question: Who is the Vanuatu Christian Council a founding member of?
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question: The Church of Stepney and the Congergational Church in Lancashire united in what year?
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question: During which 17th century reformation did the beginning of Presbyterianism occur?
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context: Presbyterianism is a part of the Reformed tradition within Protestantism which traces its origins to the British Isles. Presbyterian churches derive their name from the presbyterian form of church government, which is governed by representative assemblies of elders. Many Reformed churches are organized this way, but the word "Presbyterian," when capitalized, is often applied uniquely to the churches that trace their roots to the Scottish and English churches that bore that name and English political groups that formed during the English Civil War. Presbyterian theology typically emphasizes the sovereignty of God, the authority of the Scriptures, and the necessity of grace through faith in Christ. Presbyterian church government was ensured in Scotland by the Acts of Union in 1707 which created the kingdom of Great Britain. In fact, most Presbyterians found in England can trace a Scottish connection, and the Presbyterian denomination was also taken to North America mostly by Scots and Scots-Irish immigrants. The Presbyterian denominations in Scotland hold to the theology of John Calvin and his immediate successors, although there are a range of theological views within contemporary Presbyterianism. Local congregations of churches which use presbyterian polity are governed by sessions made up of representatives of the congregation (elders); a conciliar approach which is found at other levels of decision-making (presbytery, synod and general assembly).

qas: question: Where do most presbyterian churches trace their history back to?
answers: text: Scotland
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question: When did the reformation during the roots of Presbyterianism take place?
answers: text: 16th century
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question: Which group did Presbyterian churches union with?
answers: text: Congregationalists, Lutherans, Anglicans, and Methodists
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question: Where do the roots of the European Reformation lie?
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question: Which Reformation took place during the 17th century?
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question: Most churches tracing back to which country are either Presbyterian or Methodist in government?
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question: Where do Presbyterians in Scotland mostly come from?
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question: When did the Yankee communities change to Congregational  communities due to what plan?
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question: What is not a sole matter individually in a confessional church?
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question: Who participated in mergers which created the Church of South Khasi Hills?
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question: Before Mizoram, what was the name of the group of  missionaries that  ventured into east india?
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context: The roots of Presbyterianism lie in the European Reformation of the 16th century; the example of John Calvin's Geneva being particularly influential. Most Reformed churches which trace their history back to Scotland are either presbyterian or congregationalist in government. In the twentieth century, some Presbyterians played an important role in the ecumenical movement, including the World Council of Churches. Many Presbyterian denominations have found ways of working together with other Reformed denominations and Christians of other traditions, especially in the World Communion of Reformed Churches. Some Presbyterian churches have entered into unions with other churches, such as Congregationalists, Lutherans, Anglicans, and Methodists. Presbyterians in the United States came largely from Scotch-Irish immigrants communities, and also from New England Yankee communities that had originally been Congregational but changed because of an agreed-upon "Plan of Union of 1801" for frontier areas.

qas: question: What other religion has history as being part of Presbyterian?
answers: text: Christianity
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question: Which frenchman greatly influenced Presbyterianism?
answers: text: John Calvin
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question: In what year did the parliament of Scotland adopt the Scots Confession?
answers: text: 1560
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question: Which book was touted for establishing regulations for church and government?
answers: text: First Book of Discipline
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question: Christianity is part of the history of which religion?
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question: During which 17th century reformation did the beginning of Presbyterianism occur?
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question: Other than Geneva, which countries can the Presbyterian church be traced back to?
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question: Which Englishman had a major influence in Presbyterianism?
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question: In which year did the Parliament of England adopt the Scots Confession?
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question: Which churches can no longer be found in the area?
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question: Group congregations call who?
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question: Presbyterians had to distinguished between "Church" and "Meeting house" What was "Church" referring too?
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context: Presbyterian history is part of the history of Christianity, but the beginning of Presbyterianism as a distinct movement occurred during the 16th-century Protestant Reformation. As the Catholic Church resisted the reformers, several different theological movements splintered from the Church and bore different denominations. Presbyterianism was especially influenced by the French theologian John Calvin, who is credited with the development of Reformed theology, and the work of John Knox, a Scotsman who studied with Calvin in Geneva, Switzerland and brought his teachings back to Scotland. The Presbyterian church traces its ancestry back primarily to England and Scotland. In August 1560 the Parliament of Scotland adopted the Scots Confession as the creed of the Scottish Kingdom. In December 1560, the First Book of Discipline was published, outlining important doctrinal issues but also establishing regulations for church government, including the creation of ten ecclesiastical districts with appointed superintendents which later became known as presbyteries.

qas: question: What term described the method used to regulate common practice and or order?
answers: text: Book of Order
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question: Which document is an important confessional document second only to the Bible?
answers: text: Westminster Confession of Faith
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question: What other name is used when referring to the origins of the Presbyterian Church?
answers: text: Calvinism
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question: What is another term for institutional doctrine?
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question: Which book to Muslims use to regulate common practice and order?
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question: Where are the origins of Faith in?
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question: Which document is even more important than the Bible, serving as an important confessional document?
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question: Some combinations have been due to what type of controversy?
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question: Who is the biggest missionary sender in the world after the US?
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question: The Church of Stepney and the Congergational Church in Lancashire united in what year?
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question: Which step was recently abolished by Scotland?
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context: Presbyterians distinguish themselves from other denominations by doctrine, institutional organization (or "church order") and worship; often using a "Book of Order" to regulate common practice and order. The origins of the Presbyterian churches are in Calvinism. Many branches of Presbyterianism are remnants of previous splits from larger groups. Some of the splits have been due to doctrinal controversy, while some have been caused by disagreement concerning the degree to which those ordained to church office should be required to agree with the Westminster Confession of Faith, which historically serves as an important confessional document – second only to the Bible, yet directing particularities in the standardization and translation of the Bible – in Presbyterian churches.

qas: question: What do Presbyterians put importance into?
answers: text: education and lifelong learning
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question: What do their studies consist of?
answers: text: scriptures, theological writings, and understanding and interpretation of church doctrine
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question: How do Presbyterians exhibit their faith?
answers: text: by generosity, hospitality, as well as proclaiming the gospel of Christ.
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question: Other than subordinate standards, what else do Presbyterians consider important?
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question: What do Presbyterians refuse to study?
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question: The point of what is to enable one to put education into practice?
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question: How do Presbyterians show their theological writings?
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question: In what year was Chosun Seminary, later known as United Presbyterian Assembly, founded?
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question: What is the name of the Asian Presbyterian Church in the United States?
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question: There is a weak presence of Presbyterians in which capital of Meghalaya?
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context: Presbyterians place great importance upon education and lifelong learning. Continuous study of the scriptures, theological writings, and understanding and interpretation of church doctrine are embodied in several statements of faith and catechisms formally adopted by various branches of the church, often referred to as "subordinate standards". It is generally considered that the point of such learning is to enable one to put one's faith into practice; some Presbyterians generally exhibit their faith in action as well as words, by generosity, hospitality, as well as proclaiming the gospel of Christ.

qas: question: What is the Presbyterian government known as?
answers: text: councils (known as courts) of elders
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question: What are the responsibilities of the elder pastors?
answers: text: teaching, worship, and performing sacraments
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question: When the congregation issues a call for service by a pastor, who has to ratify it?
answers: text: local presbytery
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question: Councils of pastors govern in what religion?
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question: Who calls ruling elders?
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question: Who is ordained and convened in the highest council?
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question: Group congregations call who?
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question: The call for the elders service must be ratified by which entity?
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question: Missionaries from which country started The Presbyterian Church in Vanuatu?
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question: What are ruling elders required to subscribe?
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question: Which assembly does the Church of Scotland send the elders to?
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context: Presbyterian government is by councils (known as courts) of elders. Teaching and ruling elders are ordained and convene in the lowest council known as a session or consistory responsible for the discipline, nurture, and mission of the local congregation. Teaching elders (pastors) have responsibility for teaching, worship, and performing sacraments. Pastors are called by individual congregations. A congregation issues a call for the pastor's service, but this call must be ratified by the local presbytery.

qas: question: Who elects the ruling elders?
answers: text: the congregation
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question: In very large congregations, what do the elders delegate?
answers: text: practicalities of buildings, finance, and temporal ministry
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question: There's a group of officers in the congregation, what other names are they also known by?
answers: text: deacons
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question: The congregation consists of laymen elected by who?
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question: Ruling elders are elected by laymen and ordained to do what?
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question: Especially in small congregations, elders are known to delegate what?
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question: What is one way a distinct group of laymen is referred to?
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question: Teaching elders are ordained to serve with who?
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question: To which Isles can the Civil War be traced?
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question: What is the name of the largest Presbyterian missionary organization in Korea?
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question: What type of lectionary do Anglicanism churches follow?
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context: Ruling elders are usually laymen (and laywomen in some denominations) who are elected by the congregation and ordained to serve with the teaching elders, assuming responsibility for nurture and leadership of the congregation. Often, especially in larger congregations, the elders delegate the practicalities of buildings, finance, and temporal ministry to the needy in the congregation to a distinct group of officers (sometimes called deacons, which are ordained in some denominations). This group may variously be known as a "Deacon Board", "Board of Deacons" "Diaconate", or "Deacons' Court". These are sometimes known as "presbyters" to the full congregation.

qas: question: Which group from the Presbyterian church in rank is above sessions?
answers: text: presbyteries
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question: What responsibilities so Presbyterians have?
answers: text: area responsibilities
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question: What are the area of responsibilities made up of?
answers: text: teaching elders and ruling elders
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question: In the American and Ireland Presbyterian church, which step is generally skipped?
answers: text: Synod
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question: Which step was recently abolished by Scotland?
answers: text: Synod
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question: What exists above the presbyteries?
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question: The sessions are composed of which types of elders?
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question: What has the Church of America abolished?
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question: Besides the Church of General Assembly, what others skip the Synod?
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question: Which assembly does the Church of Scotland send the elders to?
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question: Which government enacted the Directory of Public Worship teachings into law?
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question: Who was one person who did not fully believe the struggle of conscience?
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question: Which is an example of a church that has such a conscience clause?
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context: Above the sessions exist presbyteries, which have area responsibilities. These are composed of teaching elders and ruling elders from each of the constituent congregations. The presbytery sends representatives to a broader regional or national assembly, generally known as the General Assembly, although an intermediate level of a synod sometimes exists. This congregation / presbytery / synod / general assembly schema is based on the historical structure of the larger Presbyterian churches, such as the Church of Scotland or the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.); some bodies, such as the Presbyterian Church in America and the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, skip one of the steps between congregation and General Assembly, and usually the step skipped is the Synod. The Church of Scotland has now abolished the Synod.[citation needed]

qas: question: Presbyterianism is based on this type of tradition, what is it?
answers: text: confessional tradition
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question: Confessional churches express this form of confession, what is it named?
answers: text: confessions of faith
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question: What is not a sole matter individually in a confessional church?
answers: text: theology
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question: How is theology carried out in a confessional church?
answers: text: by the community as a whole
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question: In which way do nonconfessional churches express their faith?
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question: Which is solely an individual matter in confessional churches?
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question: In which type of churches is theology carried out by individuals?
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question: The individual understanding of theology is expressed during what?
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question: The fact that Presbyterianism is historically a theology has how many implications?
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question: The National Presbyterian Church had 2,500,000 congregations and how many members?
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question: How many converts refused to return to the church?
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question: What are ruling elders required to subscribe?
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context: Presbyterianism is historically a confessional tradition. This has two implications. The obvious one is that confessional churches express their faith in the form of "confessions of faith," which have some level of authoritative status. However this is based on a more subtle point: In confessional churches, theology is not solely an individual matter. While individuals are encouraged to understand Scripture, and may challenge the current institutional understanding, theology is carried out by the community as a whole. It is this community understanding of theology that is expressed in confessions.

qas: question: What traditions do some Presbyterian churches only adopt as their doctrinal standard?
answers: text: Westminster Confession of Faith
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question: Many Presbyterian churches in America have adopted this doctrine as their standard, what is it?
answers: text: Westminster Standards
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question: The Presbyterian church in Canada has retains which Doctrine in its original form?
answers: text: Westminster Confession of Faith
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question: Which confession does the Presbyterian Church in America retain?
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question: What should be understood when reading the Westminster Standards? 
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question: South American Presbyterian denominations have adopted what type of standards? 
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question: The Bible is subordinate to which doctrine in Presbyterianism?
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question: What are ruling elders required to subscribe?
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question: In what year during the Presbyterian movement in England was referred to as the "Disruption"?
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question: The fact that Presbyterianism is historically a theology has how many implications?
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question: Who brought Catholicism into New Mexico?
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context: Some Presbyterian traditions adopt only the Westminster Confession of Faith as the doctrinal standard to which teaching elders are required to subscribe, in contrast to the Larger and Shorter catechisms, which are approved for use in instruction. Many Presbyterian denominations, especially in North America, have adopted all of the Westminster Standards as their standard of doctrine which is subordinate to the Bible. These documents are Calvinistic in their doctrinal orientation. The Presbyterian Church in Canada retains the Westminster Confession of Faith in its original form, while admitting the historical period in which it was written should be understood when it is read.

qas: question: To the church of Scotland, what is the sub standard doctrine?
answers: text: The Westminster Confession
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question: Who was one person who did not fully believe the struggle of conscience?
answers: text: William Robertson Smith
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question: The Free Church in Scotland  has something in place that only a few churches have implemented, what is it called?
answers: text: conscience clause
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question: What is the subordinate standard doctrine to the Word of God?
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question: Who believed fully in the Word of God?
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question: Which is an example of a church that has such a conscience clause?
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question: Which is the principal standard of the Church of Faith?
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question: In what year was the Presbyterianism church formed in England?
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question: In what year did Lee Teng-hui establish the first Presbyterian church in Tainan?
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question: The Church of Stepney and the Congergational Church in Lancashire united in what year?
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context: The Westminster Confession is "The principal subordinate standard of the Church of Scotland" but "with due regard to liberty of opinion in points which do not enter into the substance of the Faith" (V). This formulation represents many years of struggle over the extent to which the confession reflects the Word of God and the struggle of conscience of those who came to believe it did not fully do so (e.g. William Robertson Smith). Some Presbyterian Churches, such as the Free Church of Scotland, have no such "conscience clause".

qas: question: Which book has the Presbyterian church of America adopted?
answers: text: Book of Confessions
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question: The Book of Confessions reflects the inclusion of another confession, what is it called?
answers: text: Westminster Standards
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question: Which statements did these other documents include from the Westminster Standards?
answers: text: the Nicene Creed, the Apostles' Creed
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question: I what year was the The Theological Declaration of Barmen document created?
answers: text: 1967
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question: Which book has the Theological Declaration of Barmen adopted?
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question: Which book has the Heidelberg Catechism adopted?
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question: Which book has the Apostles' Creed adopted?
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question: Which book has the Nicene Creed adopted?
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question: Which book has the Second Helvetic Confession adopted?
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question: What is the name of the first three listed reformed Presbyterian Church's in the United States?
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question: Who is the Vanuatu Christian Council a founding member of?
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question: What is the name of the first three listed reformed Presbyterian Church's in the United States?
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context: The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has adopted the Book of Confessions, which reflects the inclusion of other Reformed confessions in addition to the Westminster Standards. These other documents include ancient creedal statements (the Nicene Creed, the Apostles' Creed), 16th-century Reformed confessions (the Scots Confession, the Heidelberg Catechism, the Second Helvetic Confession), and 20th century documents (The Theological Declaration of Barmen, Confession of 1967 and A Brief Statement of Faith).

qas: question: The Presbyterian denominations from the British Isles were inspired by these principles in what document?
answers: text: Directory of Public Worship
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question: When was the Directory of Public Worship developed?
answers: text: 1640s
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question: Which government enacted the Directory of Public Worship teachings into law?
answers: text: Scottish Parliament
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question: Which denomination's heritage can be traced to Westminster Assembly?
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question: Which denomination's heritage can be traced to John Calvin?
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question: Which denomination's heritage can be traced to John Knox?
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question: Which Directory was enacted into law by John Calvin?
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question: Which Directory was enacted into law by Westminster Assembly?
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question: According to the 1901 census, how many Australians claim to be Presbyterian?
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question: Presbyterians had to distinguished between "Church" and "Meeting house" What was "Church" referring too?
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question: Which group from the Presbyterian church in rank is above sessions?
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context: Presbyterian denominations that trace their heritage to the British Isles usually organise their church services inspired by the principles in the Directory of Public Worship, developed by the Westminster Assembly in the 1640s. This directory documented Reformed worship practices and theology adopted and developed over the preceding century by British Puritans, initially guided by John Calvin and John Knox. It was enacted as law by the Scottish Parliament, and became one of the foundational documents of Presbyterian church legislation elsewhere.

qas: question: What did many Presbyterian churches introduce as a result of modifying prescriptions? 
answers: text: hymnody, instrumental accompaniment, and ceremonial vestments
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question: What is favored by most American Presbyterian churches that is semi-formal service for the "lords Day"?
answers: text: hymns, preaching, and congregational participation
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question: What do reformed Presbyterians practice?
answers: text: cappella exclusive psalmody
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question: How did Holy Week churches modify the prescriptions?
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question: Most Lord's Day churches observe which holidays?
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question: What do many Lutheran churches incorporate into communion services?
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question: What type of lectionary do Anglicanism churches follow?
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question: Although Presbyterians do not observe holy seasons they do observe which holidays?
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question: In what city was the first Presbytery formed?
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question: Which is solely an individual matter in confessional churches?
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question: In which year was the Church of England established in secret?
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context: Over subsequent centuries, many Presbyterian churches modified these prescriptions by introducing hymnody, instrumental accompaniment, and ceremonial vestments into worship. However, there is not one fixed "Presbyterian" worship style. Although there are set services for the "Lord's Day", one can find a service to be evangelical and even revivalist in tone (especially in some conservative denominations), or strongly liturgical, approximating the practices of Lutheranism or Anglicanism (especially where Scottish tradition is esteemed),[clarification needed] or semi-formal, allowing for a balance of hymns, preaching, and congregational participation (favored by probably most American Presbyterians). Most Presbyterian churches follow the traditional liturgical year and observe the traditional holidays, holy seasons, such as Advent, Christmas, Ash Wednesday, Holy Week, Easter, Pentecost, etc. They also make use of the appropriate seasonal liturgical colors, etc. Many, incorporate ancient liturgical prayers and responses into the communion services and follow a daily, seasonal, and festival lectionary. Other Presbyterians, however, such as the Reformed Presbyterians, would practice a cappella exclusive psalmody, as well as eschew the celebration of holy days.

qas: question: Among the emerging Protestant and Evangelical churches what are clergy moving away from?
answers: text: black Geneva gown
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question: A Cassock and Surplice typically consisted of?
answers: text: full length Old English style surplice
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question: Which movement was representative of the ecumenical past?
answers: text: Liturgical Renewal Movement
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question: Clergy are moving away from the alb and toward what?
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question: Clergy are trending towards the black Geneva gown and away from what?
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question: What is typically full lengthy and Old Geneva in style?
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question: What were some Celtics involved in?
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question: When was the earliest Presbyterian churches founded by Scotland in England?
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question: What did John Knox do when he returned to Scotland after studying under Calvin?
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question: Most of the churches in Australia merged in which years?
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context: Among the paleo-orthodox and emerging church movements in Protestant and evangelical churches, in which some Presbyterians are involved, clergy are moving away from the traditional black Geneva gown to such vestments as the alb and chasuble, but also cassock and surplice (typically a full length Old English style surplice which resembles the Celtic alb, an ungirdled liturgical tunic of the old Gallican Rite), which some, particularly those identifying with the Liturgical Renewal Movement, hold to be more ancient and representative of a more ecumenical past.

qas: question: Presbyterians had to distinguished between "Church" and "Meeting house" What was "Church" referring too?
answers: text: the members
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question: What did "Meeting house" refer to?
answers: text: building
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question: What were churches called before the 19th century?
answers: text: meeting house
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question: Early churches were extremely plain, what did most churches not have in them?
answers: text: No stained glass, no elaborate furnishings, and no images
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question: What was the building where the images met called?
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question: What did Presbyterians call their churches during the early 19th century?
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question: What did Presbyterians call buildings that were served to worship elaborate furnishings?
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question: What was only inaccessible from the staircase?
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question: What was the centerpiece of the Presbyterian?
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question: What responsibilities so Presbyterians have?
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question: Which assembly does the Church of Scotland send the elders to?
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question: Who gave controversial lectures at Parliament University?
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context: Early Presbyterians were careful to distinguish between the "church," which referred the members, and the "meeting house," which was the building in which the church met. Until the late 19th century, very few Presbyterians ever referred to their buildings as "churches." Presbyterians believed that meeting-houses (now called churches) are buildings to support the worship of God. The decor in some instances was austere so as not to detract from worship. Early Presbyterian meeting-houses were extremely plain. No stained glass, no elaborate furnishings, and no images were to be found in the meeting-house. The pulpit, often raised so as only to be accessible by a staircase, was the centerpiece of the building.

qas: question: What did Presbyterian churches have in them?
answers: text: communion table
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question: What is the alter called in the Presbyterian church?
answers: text: communion table
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question: What is the alter area refered to as in the Presbyterian church?
answers: text: Chancel
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question: What is a decorated cross called in a Presbyterian church?
answers: text: Celtic cross
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question: What did the Celtic Cross represent?
answers: text: the resurrection
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question: What do Presbyterian churches usually have statues of?
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question: What type of altar does the Presbyterian church usually have?
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question: What is located on a different level than the congregation in a Presbyterian church?
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question: In a Presbyterian church there may be a rail located between the choir and what?
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question: The altar area is called the communion table and the altar is called what?
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question: In the mid 19th century, which missionaries brought about the beginning of the church in these areas?
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question: What is the name of the largest denomination of Presbyterian church in Vanuatu?
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question: What is one way a distinct group of laymen is referred to?
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context: Usually a Presbyterian church will not have statues of saints, nor the ornate altar more typical of a Roman Catholic church. Instead, one will find a "communion table," usually on the same level as the congregation. There may be a rail between the communion table and the "Chancel" behind it, which may contain a more decorative altar-type table, choir loft, or choir stalls, lectern and clergy area. The altar is called the communion table and the altar area is called the Chancel by Presbyterians. In a Presbyterian (Reformed Church) there may be an altar cross, either on the communion table or on a table in the chancel. By using the "empty" cross, or cross of the resurrection, Presbyterians emphasize the resurrection and that Christ is not continually dying, but died once and is alive for all eternity. Some Presbyterian church buildings are often decorated with a cross that has a circle around the center, or Celtic cross. This not only emphasized the resurrection, but also acknowledges historical aspects of Presbyterianism. A baptismal font will be located either at the entrance or near the chancel area. Presbyterian architecture generally makes significant use of symbolism. You may also find decorative and ornate stained glass windows depicting scenes from the bible. Some Presbyterian churches will also have ornate statues of Christ or Graven Scenes from the Last Supper located behind the Chancel. St. Giles Cathedral ( Church Of Scotland- The Mother Church of Presbyterians) does have a Crucifix next to one of the Pulpits that hangs alongside. The image of Christ is more of faint image and more modern design.

qas: question: What year did John Knox past away?
answers: text: 1572
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question: What did John Knox do when he returned to Scotland after studying under Calvin?
answers: text: to reform the Church in line with Calvinist doctrines
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question: The church of Scotland was organized by this person, whats his name?
answers: text: Andrew Melville
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question: In what year was the Government of church reinstated? 
answers: text: 1660
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question: John Knox was born in 1637 and died when?
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question: John Knox died in 1505 and was born in what year?
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question: Calvin spent time studying under who in Geneva?
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question: Who was the successor of Charles I and William Laud?
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question: Who was the Archbishop of Scotland?
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question: During which year was the England Revolution?
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question: What did Scottish Immigrants to Columba found in the 19th century?
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question: South American Presbyterian denominations have adopted what type of standards? 
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context: John Knox (1505–1572), a Scot who had spent time studying under Calvin in Geneva, returned to Scotland and urged his countrymen to reform the Church in line with Calvinist doctrines. After a period of religious convulsion and political conflict culminating in a victory for the Protestant party at the Siege of Leith the authority of the Church of Rome was abolished in favour of Reformation by the legislation of the Scottish Reformation Parliament in 1560. The Church was eventually organised by Andrew Melville along Presbyterian lines to become the national Church of Scotland. King James VI and I moved the Church of Scotland towards an episcopal form of government, and in 1637, James' successor, Charles I and William Laud, the Archbishop of Canterbury, attempted to force the Church of Scotland to use the Book of Common Prayer. What resulted was an armed insurrection, with many Scots signing the Solemn League and Covenant. The Covenanters would serve as the government of Scotland for nearly a decade, and would also send military support to the Parliamentarians during the English Civil War. Following the restoration of the monarchy in 1660, Charles II, despite the initial support that he received from the Covenanters, reinstated an episcopal form of government on the church.

qas: question: In what year was the Church of Scotland recognized as a Presbyterian institution by the moncarh?
answers: text: 1688
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question: Which group was formed when ministries seceded from The Church of Scotland in 1733?
answers: text: Associate Presbytery
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question: What year were most Presbyterians in Scotland reunited?
answers: text: 1929
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question: Which two groups were involved in the reuniting of Scotland's Presbyterian churches?
answers: text: Church of Scotland and the United Free Church of Scotland
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question: Which revolution took place during 1707?
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question: During which year was the England Revolution?
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question: Which Acts was signed in 1733?
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question: The Acts of Church was signed in which year?
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question: Which group formed in 1707 after ministers seceded from the Church of Scotland?
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question: The individual understanding of theology is expressed during what?
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question: Which theology emphasizes the sovereignty of God but denies the authority of the scriptures?
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question: The Presbyterian Church of Brazil, with 350,000 members is located where?
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context: However, with the Glorious Revolution of 1688 the Church of Scotland was finally unequivocally recognised as a Presbyterian institution by the monarch due to Scottish Presbyterian support for the aforementioned revolution and the Acts of Union 1707 between Scotland and England guaranteed the Church of Scotland's form of government. However, legislation by the United Kingdom parliament allowing patronage led to splits in the Church. In 1733, a group of ministers seceded from the Church of Scotland to form the Associate Presbytery, another group seceded in 1761 to form the Relief Church and the Disruption of 1843 led to the formation of the Free Church of Scotland. Further splits took place, especially over theological issues, but most Presbyterians in Scotland were reunited by 1929 union of the established Church of Scotland and the United Free Church of Scotland.

qas: question: In what year was the Presbyterianism church formed in England?
answers: text: 1592
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question: Who was the first known Presbyterian in England?
answers: text: Thomas Cartwright
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question: Between what years were the ordinances enacted Presbyterianism as the polity of the Church of England?
answers: text: 1645 and 1648
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question: In what year did Salter's Hall controversy, occur that would lead to a split?
answers: text: 1719
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question: When did the result in English Presbyterian congregations becomingUnitarian in doctrine?
answers: text: 18th century
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question: In which year was the Church of England established in secret?
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question: Which religion was established in secret in 1660?
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question: In what year did Lancashire secretly establish Presbyterianism?
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question: Who gave controversial lectures at Parliament University?
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question: What was reestablished in 1719?
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question: When was the earliest Presbyterian churches founded by Scotland in England?
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question: From which country did the Presbyterian Church of Vanuatu originate from?
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question: When the Catholic church arrived, it caused the United States to do what?
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context: In England, Presbyterianism was established in secret in 1592. Thomas Cartwright is thought to be the first Presbyterian in England. Cartwright's controversial lectures at Cambridge University condemning the episcopal hierarchy of the Elizabethan Church led to his deprivation of his post by Archbishop John Whitgift and his emigration abroad. Between 1645 and 1648, a series of ordinances of the Long Parliament established Presbyterianism as the polity of the Church of England. Presbyterian government was established in London and Lancashire and in a few other places in England, although Presbyterian hostility to the execution of Charles I and the establishment of the republican Commonwealth of England meant that Parliament never enforced the Presbyterian system in England. The re-establishment of the monarchy in 1660 brought the return of Episcopal church government in England (and in Scotland for a short time); but the Presbyterian church in England continued in Non-Conformity, outside of the established church. In 1719 a major split, the Salter's Hall controversy, occurred; with the majority siding with nontrinitarian views. Thomas Bradbury published several sermons bearing on the controversy, and in 1719, "An answer to the reproaches cast on the dissenting ministers who subscribed their belief of the Eternal Trinity.". By the 18th century many English Presbyterian congregations had become Unitarian in doctrine.

qas: question: When was the earliest Presbyterian churches founded by Scotland in England?
answers: text: 19th century
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question: In what year during the Presbyterian movement in England was referred to as the "Disruption"?
answers: text: 1843
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question: What did Scottish Immigrants to Columba found in the 19th century?
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question: What did Scottish Immigrants to England found in the 20th century?
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question: Beginning in what century did English immigrants from Scotland found Presbyterian churches?
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question: What is the congregation that is located in the heart of Swallow Street called?
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question: In what year did the Presbyterian Church of England become the Church of Scotland?
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question: Where is the Reformed Hanover Church located?
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question: The Church of Central Africa-Presbyterian often offers what services?
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question: What are ruling elders required to subscribe?
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context: A number of new Presbyterian Churches were founded by Scottish immigrants to England in the 19th century and later. Following the 'Disruption' in 1843 many of those linked to the Church of Scotland eventually joined what became the Presbyterian Church of England in 1876. Some, that is Crown Court (Covent Garden, London), St Andrew's (Stepney, London) and Swallow Street (London), did not join the English denomination, which is why there are Church of Scotland congregations in England such as those at Crown Court, and St Columba's, Pont Street (Knightsbridge) in London. There is also a congregation in the heart of London's financial district called London City Presbyterian Church that is also affiliated with Free Church of Scotland.

qas: question: In what year did the Church of England and the Congregational Church in England  and Waled unite?
answers: text: 1972
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question: What are the two former Presbyterian congregations in England?
answers: text: St Columba's, Cambridge (founded in 1879), and St Columba's, Oxford
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question: What was the name of the group that was created whenPresbyterian Church of England (PCofE) united with the Congregational Church in England and Wales were united?
answers: text: United Reformed Church
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question: What did the Presbyterian Church of England unite with in 1971?
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question: The PCofE and the Stepney Meeting House combined to form what in 1972?
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question: In what year was Stepney Meeting House founded?
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question: The Church of Stepney and the Congergational Church in Lancashire united in what year?
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question: What did John Knox do when he returned to Scotland after studying under Calvin?
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question: What is not a sole matter individually in a confessional church?
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question: In what year was ordination of woman ministries recsinded?
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context: In 1972, the Presbyterian Church of England (PCofE) united with the Congregational Church in England and Wales to form the United Reformed Church (URC). Among the congregations the PCofE brought to the URC were Tunley (Lancashire), Aston Tirrold (Oxfordshire) and John Knox Presbyterian Church, Stepney, London (now part of Stepney Meeting House URC) – these are among the sole survivors today of the English Presbyterian churches of the 17th century. The URC also has a presence in Scotland, mostly of former Congregationalist Churches. Two former Presbyterian congregations, St Columba's, Cambridge (founded in 1879), and St Columba's, Oxford (founded as a chaplaincy by the PCofE and the Church of Scotland in 1908 and as a congregation of the PCofE in 1929), continue as congregations of the URC and university chaplaincies of the Church of Scotland.

qas: question: What is the largest Protestant denomination in Northern Ireland?
answers: text: Presbyterianism
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question: What is the largest denomination of the entire Ireland Island?
answers: text: Anglican Church of Ireland
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question: How many Scottie Presbyterians moved to the northern counties in Ireland?
answers: text: 100,000
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question: When was he Presbytery of Ulster formed?
answers: text: 1642
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question: Which religion is the second largest denomination in Northern Ireland?
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question: Which religion is the largest denomination on the island of Ireland?
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question: What did Ulster bring t o Scottish plantation settlers?
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question: How man Irish Presbyterians moved to northern Scotland?
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question: In what year was the Battle of the Ulster?
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question: Which denomination's heritage can be traced to John Calvin?
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question: Korea is home to the smallest Presbyterian missionary organization, what is it called?
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question: In what year was the United Church of Canada formed?
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context: Presbyterianism is the largest Protestant denomination in Northern Ireland and the second largest on the island of Ireland (after the Anglican Church of Ireland),[citation needed] and was brought by Scottish plantation settlers to Ulster who had been strongly encouraged to emigrate by James VI of Scotland, later James I of England. An estimated 100,000 Scottish Presbyterians moved to the northern counties of Ireland between 1607 and the Battle of the Boyne in 1690.[citation needed] The Presbytery of Ulster was formed in 1642 separately from the established Anglican Church. Presbyterians, along with Roman Catholics in Ulster and the rest of Ireland, suffered under the discriminatory Penal Laws until they were revoked in the early 19th century. Presbyterianism is represented in Ireland by the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster, the Non-subscribing Presbyterian Church of Ireland, the Reformed Presbyterian Church of Ireland and the Evangelical Presbyterian Church.

qas: question: When did Presbyterianism arrive in America?
answers: text: 1703
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question: In what city was the first Presbytery formed?
answers: text: Philadelphia
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question: In what year would the original churches evolve into the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America?
answers: text: 1789
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question: What is the name of the largest denomination of the Presbyterian Church in America?
answers: text: the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
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question: In which year did the Bible first arrive in Colonial America?
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question: When did America arrive in Presbyterianism?
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question: In what year was Philadelphia brought to Colonial America?
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question: In what year was the presbytery joined by 3 more to form a synod?
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question: In what year was the Presbyterian Church in Colonial America established?
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question: There are some organized Presbyterian churches but not Presbyterian people where?
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question: Clergy are trending towards the black Geneva gown and away from what?
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question: What year was the Chosun Seminary founded?
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context: Presbyterianism first officially arrived in Colonial America in 1703 with the establishment of the first Presbytery in Philadelphia. In time, the presbytery would be joined by two more to form a synod (1717) and would eventually evolve into the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America in 1789. The nation's largest Presbyterian denomination, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) – PC (USA) – can trace their heritage back to the original PCUSA, as can the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA), the Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC), the Bible Presbyterian Church (BPC), the Cumberland Presbyterian Church (CPC), the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America the Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC) and the Evangelical Covenant Order of Presbyterians (ECO).

qas: question: What is the name of the first three listed reformed Presbyterian Church's in the United States?
answers: text: Presbyterian Church of North America (RPCNA), the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (ARP), the Reformed Presbyterian Church in the United States (RPCUS)
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question: What is the name of the Asian Presbyterian Church in the United States?
answers: text: Korean American Presbyterian Church
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question: What is the full name of this American Presbyterian church under this abbreviation (ARP)?
answers: text: Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church
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question: Where is the Reformed Hanover Church located?
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question: Which denomination is the Korean Associate Reformed Church in Hanover?
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question: Where is the Covenant Westminster Church located?
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question: Where is the Free Presbyterian Reformed Church located?
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question: Having 350,000 presbyteries, the Conservative Presbyterian Church was founded in which year?
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question: What is the largest Protestant denomination in Northern Ireland?
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question: Who was the first known Presbyterian in England?
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context: Other Presbyterian bodies in the United States include the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America (RPCNA), the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (ARP), the Reformed Presbyterian Church in the United States (RPCUS), the Reformed Presbyterian Church General Assembly, the Reformed Presbyterian Church – Hanover Presbytery, the Covenant Presbyterian Church, the Presbyterian Reformed Church, the Westminster Presbyterian Church in the United States, the Korean American Presbyterian Church, and the Free Presbyterian Church of North America.

qas: question: Around when did Presbyterian missionaries arrived in New Mexico?
answers: text: 1800s
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question: The established Presbyterian church in New Mexico provided an alternative to which religion?
answers: text: Catholicism
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question: Who brought Catholicism into New Mexico?
answers: text: Spanish Conquistadors
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question: In which century did New Mexican missionaries establish a presence in southern United States?
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question: When the Catholic church arrived, it caused the United States to do what?
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question: How many converts refused to return to the church?
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question: Which churches can no longer be found in the area?
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question: Who brought Catholicism to the United States?
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question: What is the name of the largest Presbyterian missionary organization in Korea?
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question: Clergy are trending towards the black Geneva gown and away from what?
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question: What did the Presbyterian Church of England unite with in 1971?
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context: In the late 1800s, Presbyterian missionaries established a presence in what is now northern New Mexico. This provided an alternative to the Catholicism, which was brought to the area by the Spanish Conquistadors and had remained unchanged. The area experienced a "mini" reformation, in that many converts were made to Presbyterianism, prompting persecution. In some cases, the converts left towns and villages to establish their own neighboring villages. The arrival of the United States to the area prompted the Catholic church to modernize and make efforts at winning the converts back, many of which did return. However, there are still stalwart Presbyterians and Presbyterian churches in the area.

qas: question: What is the largest Presbyterian church denomination in Canada?
answers: text: Presbyterian Church in Canada
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question: When was the Presbyterian Church in Canada formed?
answers: text: 1875
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question: In what year was the United Church of Canada formed?
answers: text: 1925
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question: When was the Presbyterian Church in the US formed?
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question: Which church formed with the merger of seven regional groups?
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question: Aside from the Methodist Church, which other church in Canada combined to form the United Church of Protestants?
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question: Aside from the Congregational Union of Canada, which other church combined to form the United Church of Protestants?
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question: In what year did they discontinue use of the original name?
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question: What was the name of the group that was created whenPresbyterian Church of England (PCofE) united with the Congregational Church in England and Wales were united?
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question: The PCofE and the Stepney Meeting House combined to form what in 1972?
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question: What is not a sole matter individually in a confessional church?
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context: In Canada, the largest Presbyterian denomination – and indeed the largest Protestant denomination – was the Presbyterian Church in Canada, formed in 1875 with the merger of four regional groups. In 1925, the United Church of Canada was formed by the majority of Presbyterians combining with the Methodist Church, Canada, and the Congregational Union of Canada. A sizable minority of Canadian Presbyterians, primarily in southern Ontario but also throughout the entire nation, withdrew, and reconstituted themselves as a non-concurring continuing Presbyterian body. They regained use of the original name in 1939.

qas: question: What is the name of the largest Presbyterian church in Mexico?
answers: text: National Presbyterian Church in Mexico (Iglesia Nacional Presbiteriana de México)
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question: How many members are in the National Presbyterian Church in Mexico?
answers: text: 2,500,000
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question: When was the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church in Mexico formed?
answers: text: 1875
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question: Which is the smallest Presbyterian church in Mexico?
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question: The National Presbyterian Church had 3000 members and how many congregations?
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question: The National Presbyterian Church had 2,500,000 congregations and how many members?
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question: In what year was the Associate Reformed National Church formed?
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question: Where is the smallest Presbyterian church located?
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question: Where is the unhealthy and weak Presbyterian Church of Nigeria located?
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question: The Reformed Presbyterian Church in Malawi has a range of members between what amounts?
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question: From where do all minor seminaries associated with each denomination claim heritage?
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context: The biggest Presbyterian church is the National Presbyterian Church in Mexico (Iglesia Nacional Presbiteriana de México), which has around 2,500,000 members and associates and 3000 congregations, but there are other small denominations like the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church in Mexico which was founded in 1875 by the Associate Reformed Church in North America. The Independent Presbyterian Church and the Presbyterian Reformed Church in Mexico, the National Conservative Presbyterian Church in Mexico are existing churches in the Reformed tradition.

qas: question: How many members are in the Presbyterian Church of Brazil?
answers: text: 1,011,300
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question: As of 2011, how many members were in The Renewed Presbyterian Church in Brazil?
answers: text: 131 000
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question: When was Conservative Presbyterian Church formed?
answers: text: 1940
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question: What is the name of the Presbyterian church in Brazil with Dutch origins?
answers: text: The Evangelical Reformed Church in Brazil
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question: The Presbyterian Church of Brazil, with 350,000 members is located where?
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question: As of 1940, how many members does the Renewed Presbyterian Church have?
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question: Having 350,000 presbyteries, the Conservative Presbyterian Church was founded in which year?
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question: In what year did pastor Pereira found the Bible Presbyterian Church USA?
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question: How many members does the United Presbyterian Church in Korea have?
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question: The fact that Presbyterianism is historically a theology has how many implications?
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question: Which two towns have Presbyterian people, but no churches?
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question: Who was the first person to bring Presbyterianism into Taiwan?
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context: In Brazil, the Presbyterian Church of Brazil (Igreja Presbiteriana do Brasil) totals approximately 1,011,300 members; other Presbyterian churches (Independents, United, Conservatives, Renovated, etc.) in this nation have around 350,000 members. The Renewed Presbyterian Church in Brazil was influenced by the charismatic movement and has about 131 000 members as of 2011. The Conservative Presbyterian Church was founded in 1940 and has eight presbyteries. The Fundamentalist Presbyterian church in Brazil was influenced by Karl McIntosh and the Bible Presbyterian church USA and has around 1 800 members. The Independent Presbyterian Church in Brasil was founded in 1903 by pastor Pereira, has 500 congregations and 75 000 members. The United Presbyterian Church in Brazil has around 4 000 members. There are also ethnic Korean Presbyterian churches in the country. The Evangelical Reformed Church in Brazil has Dutch origin. The Reformed Churches in Brazil were recently founded by the Canadian Reformed Churches with the Reformed Church in the Netherlands (liberated).

qas: question: Which  services to most African Presbyterian churches offer?
answers: text: social services, emergency relief, and the operation of mission hospitals
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question: The Southminster Presbyterian Church in Pittsburg has partnerships with churches in which two countries?
answers: text: Malawi and Kenya
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question: Which two missionaries help bring Presbyterian churches in the south eastern states?
answers: text: Mary Slessor and Hope Waddel
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question: Which services do most African Presbyterian churches refuse to offer?
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question: Where is the unhealthy and weak Presbyterian Church of Nigeria located?
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question: Which services do most Lackawana churches to offer?
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question: In the mid 19th century, which missionaries brought about the beginning of the church in these areas?
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question: Before Mizoram, what was the name of the group of  missionaries that  ventured into east india?
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question: The Acts of Church was signed in which year?
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question: Korean Presbyterian missionaries being sent over seas are second in numbers to only which other country?
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context: African Presbyterian churches often incorporate diaconal ministries, including social services, emergency relief, and the operation of mission hospitals. A number of partnerships exist between presbyteries in Africa and the PC(USA), including specific connections with Lesotho, Malawi, South Africa, Ghana and Zambia. For example, the Lackawanna Presbytery, located in Northeastern Pennsylvania, has a partnership with a presbytery in Ghana. Also the Southminster Presbyterian Church, located near Pittsburgh, has partnerships with churches in Malawi and Kenya. The Presbyterian Church of Nigeria, western Africa is also healthy and strong in mostly the southern states of this nation, strong density in the south-eastern states of this country. Beginning from Cross River state, the nearby coastal states, Rivers state, Lagos state to Ebonyi and Abia States. The missionary expedition of Mary Slessor and Hope Waddel and their group in the mid 18th century in this coastal regions of the ten British colony has brought about the beginning and the flourishing of this church in these areas.

qas: question: The Reformed Presbyterian Church in Malawi has a range of members between what amounts?
answers: text: 17 000–20 000 members
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question: Which church is affiliated with the Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Malawi?
answers: text: Church of Central Africa-Presbyterian
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question: The Church of Central Africa-Presbyterian often offers what services?
answers: text: education, health ministries as well as worship
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question: The Reformed Presbyterian Church in Malawi has 17000-20000 congregations and how many members?
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question: The Reformed Presbyterian Church in Malawi has 150 members and how many congregations?
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question: Who does the CCAP work with?
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question: Where is the Reformed Presbyterian Prayer House located?
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question: Which church is an existing large church?
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question: How many converts refused to return to the church?
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question: When the Catholic church arrived, it caused the United States to do what?
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question: The Acts of Church was signed in which year?
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context: The Reformed Presbyterian Church in Malawi has 150 congregations and 17 000–20 000 members. It was a mission of the Free Presbyterian church of Scotland. The Restored Reformed Church works with RPCM. Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Malawi is an existing small church. Part of the Presbyterian Church in Malawi and Zambia is known as CCAP, Church of Central Africa-Presbyterian. Often the churches there have one main congregation and a number of Prayer Houses develop. education, health ministries as well as worship and spiritual development are important.

qas: question: Most of the churches in Korea carry the same name, what is it?
answers: text: Presbyterian Church of Korea
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question: What year did the second schism take place?
answers: text: 1953
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question: What was the main reason for the latest schism?
answers: text: whether the PCK should join the WCC
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question: What year was the Chosun Seminary founded?
answers: text: 1947
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question: In what year did the Korean church celebrate the 100th class?
answers: text: 2007
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question: What caused the third schism to happen in 1953?
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question: In what year was Hanshin University, formerly known as Presbyterian Church of Korea, founded?
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question: In what year was Chosun Seminary, later known as United Presbyterian Assembly, founded?
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question: In was year was the PCK divided into three denominations because of a controversy?
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question: From where do all minor seminaries associated with each denomination claim heritage?
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question: Where is the Reformed Hanover Church located?
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question: Which churches can no longer be found in the area?
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question: In what year did the Presbyterian Church of England become the Church of Scotland?
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context: Most of the Korean Presbyterian denominations share the same name in Korean, 대한예수교장로회 (literally means the Presbyterian Church of Korea or PCK), tracing its roots to the United Presbyterian Assembly before its long history of disputes and schisms. The Presbyterian schism began with the controversy in relation to the Japanese shrine worship enforced during the Japanese colonial period and the establishment of a minor division (Koryu-pa, 고려파, later The Koshin Presbyterian Church in Korea, Koshin 고신) in 1952. And in 1953 the second schism happened when the theological orientation of the Chosun Seminary (later Hanshin University) founded in 1947 could not be tolerated in the PCK and another minor group (The Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea, Kijang, 기장) was separated. The last major schism had to do with the issue of whether the PCK should join the WCC. The controversy divided the PCK into two denominations, The Presbyterian Church of Korea (Tonghap, 통합) and The General Assembly of Presbyterian Church in Korea (Hapdong, 합동) in 1959. All major seminaries associated with each denomination claim heritage from the Pyung Yang Theological Seminary, therefore, not only Presbyterian University and Theological Seminary and Chongsin University which are related to PCK but also Hanshin University of PROK all celebrated the 100th class in 2007, 100 years from the first graduates of Pyung Yang Theological Seminary.

qas: question: Korean Presbyterian missionaries being sent over seas are second in numbers to only which other country?
answers: text: United States
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question: What is the name of the largest Presbyterian missionary organization in Korea?
answers: text: General Assembly of Presbyterian Churches of Korea
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question: Which muslim country does Korea have a Presbyterian church in?
answers: text: Saudi Arabia
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question: Who is the biggest missionary sender in the world after the US?
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question: Korean Presbyterian denominations are the biggest missionary sender in the world after which country?
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question: Where is Hapdong General Assembly, the smallest Presbyterian missionary organization, located?
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question: Korea is home to the smallest Presbyterian missionary organization, what is it called?
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question: Where are many United States-American Presbyterians located?
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question: How many members does the United Presbyterian Church in Korea have?
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question: From which country did the Presbyterian Church of Vanuatu originate from?
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question: During which 17th century reformation did the beginning of Presbyterianism occur?
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context: Korean Presbyterian denominations are active in evangelism and many of its missionaries are being sent overseas, being the second biggest missionary sender in the world after the United States. GSM, the missionary body of the "Hapdong" General Assembly of Presbyterian Churches of Korea, is the single largest Presbyterian missionary organization in Korea. In addition there are many Korean-American Presbyterians in the United States, either with their own church sites or sharing space in pre-existing churches as is the case in Australia, New Zealand and even Muslim countries such as Saudi Arabia with Korean immigration.

qas: question: What is the name of the largest Presbyterian church in Taiwan?
answers: text: The Presbyterian Church
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question: How many members make up The Presbyterian Church denomination?
answers: text: 238,372
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question: Who was the first person to bring Presbyterianism into Taiwan?
answers: text: James Laidlaw Maxwell
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question: In what era did The Presbyterian Church in Taiwan experience a large growth in members?
answers: text: era of Guomindang
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question: The PCT has 1,865 members as of what year?
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question: The PCT is the smallest denomination of what religion in Taiwan?
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question: Who established the first Presbyterian church in Tainan, in 2009?
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question: In what year did Lee Teng-hui establish the first Presbyterian church in Tainan?
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question: Since 1988, who has served as the current ROC president?
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question: What is the name of the first three listed reformed Presbyterian Church's in the United States?
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question: Christianity is part of the history of which religion?
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question: In what year was the Presbyterianism church formed in England?
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context: The Presbyterian Church in Taiwan (PCT) is by far the largest Protestant denomination in Taiwan, with some 238,372 members as of 2009 (including a majority of the island's aborigines). English Presbyterian missionary James Laidlaw Maxwell established the first Presbyterian church in Tainan in 1865. His colleague George Leslie Mackay, of the Canadian Presbyterian Mission, was active in Danshui and north Taiwan from 1872 to 1901; he founded the island's first university and hospital, and created a written script for Taiwanese Minnan. The English and Canadian missions joined together as the PCT in 1912. One of the few churches permitted to operate in Taiwan through the era of Japanese rule (1895–1945), the PCT experienced rapid growth during the era of Guomindang-imposed martial law (1949–1987), in part due to its support for democracy, human rights, and Taiwan independence. Former ROC president Lee Teng-hui (in office 1988–2000) is a Presbyterian.

qas: question: What year was the largest Presbyterian denomination brought to Mizoram?
answers: text: 1894
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question: Before Mizoram, what was the name of the group of  missionaries that  ventured into east india?
answers: text: Welsh Presbyterians
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question: Where did the Welsh Presbyterians build there first church?
answers: text: Sohra
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question: During what year was the smallest the first Presbyterian church in Tainan
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question: In what year was Presbyterianism brought to the region from India?
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question: There is a weak presence of Presbyterians in which capital of Meghalaya?
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question: Where did the Welsh missionaries establish their first church in 1894?
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question: Who participated in mergers which created the Church of South Khasi Hills?
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question: The Acts of Church was signed in which year?
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question: Where is Hapdong General Assembly, the smallest Presbyterian missionary organization, located?
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question: How many members are in the Presbyterian Church of Brazil?
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context: In the mainly Christian Indian state of Mizoram, the Presbyterian denomination is the largest denomination; it was brought to the region with missionaries from Wales in 1894. Prior to Mizoram, the Welsh Presbyterians (missionaries) started venturing into the north-east of India through the Khasi Hills (presently located within the state of Meghalaya in India) and established Presbyterian churches all over the Khasi Hills from the 1840s onwards. Hence there is a strong presence of Presbyterians in Shillong (the present capital of Meghalaya) and the areas adjoining it. The Welsh missionaries built their first church in Sohra (aka Cherrapunji) in 1846. Presbyterians participated in the mergers that resulted in the Church of North India and the Church of South India.Sohra

qas: question: How many members make up the Presbyterian church in Australia?
answers: text: 600,000
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question: Which Australian church follows the traditions of Scotland Presbyterians?
answers: text: The Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia
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question: Most of the churches in Australia merged in which years?
answers: text: 1859 and 1870, and in 1901
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question: In what country is Presbyterianism the third largest denomination?
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question: According to the 1901 census, how many Australians claim to be Presbyterian?
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question: In the 1901 census, 600,000 Australians claimed to be what?
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question: In which years did most of the state assemblies merge?
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question: According to the 1859 census, how many Australians claim to be Presbyterian?
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question: In what year was the United Church of Canada formed?
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question: How many converts refused to return to the church?
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question: In what year did Lee Teng-hui establish the first Presbyterian church in Tainan?
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context: In Australia, Presbyterianism is the fourth largest denomination of Christianity, with nearly 600,000 Australians claiming to be Presbyterian in the 2006 Commonwealth Census. Presbyterian churches were founded in each colony, some with links to the Church of Scotland and others to the Free Church. There were also congregations originating from United Presbyterian Church of Scotland as well as a number founded by John Dunmore Lang. Most of these bodies merged between 1859 and 1870, and in 1901 formed a federal union called the Presbyterian Church of Australia but retaining their state assemblies. The Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia representing the Free Church of Scotland tradition, and congregations in Victoria of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, originally from Ireland, are the other existing denominations dating from colonial times.

qas: question: In what year did the Presbyterian Church of Australia , the Congregational Union of Australia , and all the Methodist Church of Australasia merge?
answers: text: 1977
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question: In what year was ordination of woman ministries recsinded?
answers: text: 1991
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question: The approval of women elders which was given in 1960 has been rescinded in all of the Australian states except one, which state did not?
answers: text: New South Wales
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question: In 1974, what combined with the Presbyterian Church of Australia to form the Uniting Church in Australia?
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question: The Presbyterian Church of Australia and New South Wales combined with what to form the Uniting Church in Australia?
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question: In which decade was the approval of male elders given?
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question: Which is the only state to have rescinded the approval of women elders?
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question: Which state, the only to not have rescinded approval of women elders, has the smallest membership?
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question: During which 17th century reformation did the beginning of Presbyterianism occur?
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question: From which country did the Presbyterian Church of Vanuatu originate from?
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question: Most of the churches in Australia merged in which years?
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context: In 1977, two thirds of the Presbyterian Church of Australia, along with most of the Congregational Union of Australia and all the Methodist Church of Australasia, combined to form the Uniting Church in Australia. The third who did not unite had various reasons for so acting, often cultural attachment but often conservative theological or social views. The permission for the ordination of women given in 1974 was rescinded in 1991 without affecting the two or three existing woman ministers. The approval of women elders given in the 1960s has been rescinded in all states except New South Wales, which has the largest membership. The theology of the church is now generally conservative and Reformed. A number of small Presbyterian denominations have arisen since the 1950s through migration or schism.

qas: question: What is the name of the largest denomination of Presbyterian church in Vanuatu?
answers: text: The Presbyterian Church in Vanuatu
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question: From which country did the Presbyterian Church of Vanuatu originate from?
answers: text: Scotland
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question: What is the largest denomination church in Vanuatu?
answers: text: The Presbyterian Church in Vanuatu
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question: Missionaries from which country started The Presbyterian Church in Vanuatu?
answers: text: Scotland
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question: Which two towns have Presbyterian people, but no churches?
answers: text: Penama and Torba
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question: With nearly one third of the population of Vanuatu members of the church, which church is the smallest denomination?
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question: The Province of Sanma is mainly Roman Catholic with what minority?
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question: There are some organized Presbyterian churches but not Presbyterian people where?
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question: Which is the only country in the North Pacific with a large Presbyterian following?
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question: Who is the Vanuatu Christian Council a founding member of?
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question: What is the name of the largest Presbyterian missionary organization in Korea?
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question: How many converts refused to return to the church?
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question: Which step was recently abolished by Scotland?
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context: The Presbyterian Church in Vanuatu is the largest denomination in the country, with approximately one-third of the population of Vanuatu members of the church. The PCV was taken to Vanuatu by missionaries from Scotland. The PCV (Presbyterian Church of Vanuatu) is headed by a moderator with offices in Port Vila. The PCV is particularly strong in the provinces of Tafea, Shefa, and Malampa. The Province of Sanma is mainly Presbyterian with a strong Roman Catholic minority in the Francophone areas of the province. There are some Presbyterian people, but no organised Presbyterian churches in Penama and Torba, both of which are traditionally Anglican. Vanuatu is the only country in the South Pacific with a significant Presbyterian heritage and membership. The PCV is a founding member of the Vanuatu Christian Council (VCC). The PCV runs many primary schools and Onesua secondary school. The church is strong in the rural villages.