The Church of the New Dispensation was a religious movement founded in the 19th century by Keshab Chunder Sen, characterized by its syncretic blend of...

theological framework for interpreting the Bible which maintains that history is divided into multiple ages called "dispensations" in which God interacts with his...

In the jurisprudence of the canon law of the Catholic Church, a dispensation is the exemption from the immediate obligation of the law in certain cases...

dispensationalist, placed the “dispensation of the fulness of times” after the millennial age. And Joseph Smith, founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...

of the term dispensation is as a distinctive arrangement or period in history that forms the framework through which God relates to mankind. In the Baháʼí...

of a non-Catholic confession who become Catholics are sometimes permitted to be ordained and minister in the Catholic Church, grants of dispensation from...

oversimplified view of church history: "Since dispensationalism is Protestant in origin its 'Church history' is strictly Western. The dispensations take into account...

 'cardinal of the Holy Roman Church') is a senior member of the clergy of the Catholic Church. Cardinals are created by the pope and typically hold the title...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is the largest Latter Day Saint denomination, tracing...

The Churches of Christ, also commonly known as the Church of Christ, is a loose association of autonomous Christian congregations located around the world...

Teachings on the biblical curse of Cain and the curse of Ham in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and their effects on Black people in the LDS Church...

by the Church as invalid unless a dispensation (called a dispensation from "disparity of cult", meaning a difference of worship) is granted from the law...

In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), a temple is a building dedicated to be a House of the Lord. Temples are considered by...

have been many cases of sexual abuse of children by priests, nuns, and other members of religious life in the Catholic Church. In the late 20th and early...

that are uniquely dispensational. The vast majority of adherents in both schools hold to a distinction between Israel and the Church,: 49–51  a future...

religious dispensation in place of the law of Moses (Heb. viii. 8–13)." Jewish Encyclopedia: New Testament Archived 2008-04-12 at the Wayback Machine: "The idea...

The hierarchy of the Catholic Church consists of its bishops, priests, and deacons. In the ecclesiological sense of the term, "hierarchy" strictly means...

the discipline within the Catholic Church by which only unmarried men are ordained to the episcopate, to the priesthood in the Latin Church (one of the...

The President of the Church is the highest office of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). It was the office held by Joseph Smith...

constitute the vast majority of the 1.3 billion Catholics. The Latin Church is one of 24 churches sui iuris in full communion with the pope; the other 23...

The canon law of the Catholic Church (from Latin ius canonicum) is "how the Church organizes and governs herself". It is the system of laws and ecclesiastical...

The history of the Catholic Church is the formation, events, and historical development of the Catholic Church through time. According to the tradition...

eschatology. It believes the observance of Sabbath was a requirement of Jewish law and as such was not carried over into the Grace Dispensation. Sunday is not Christian...

and an unbaptized person is invalid unless dispensation has previously been obtained from the competent church authority. Other cases in which a marriage...

divided history into two separate dispensations, first the church age (the current age of 6,000 years), and then the millennial kingdom (Sermon 259.2)...

Cowdery as Assistant President of the Church. Bodley Lodge No. 1 in Quincy, IL presented concerns that the special dispensation granted to Nauvoo Lodge, U...

Heresy is defined by the Catholic Church as "the obstinate denial or obstinate doubt after the reception of baptism of some truth which is to be believed...

dispensation of the fulness of times within Latter Day Saint belief. Colonia Le Barón is located in the northwest of the state of Chihuahua, near the...

prior to 2009, by the Pastoral Provision and other dispensations for former members of the Episcopal Church in the United States All the Christian faithful...

earliest Baptist church to 1609 in Amsterdam, with English Separatist John Smyth as its pastor. In accordance with his reading of the New Testament, he rejected...