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There is nothing like the Dictionary of Christianity in America. Even most libraries can't offer you all the facts, perspectives and information you'll find in this single volume. The work of over 400 scholars and experts in American religion, the Dictionary of Christianity in America offers 2,400 authoritative articles on nearly every aspect of this fascinating epoch in modern Christian history....

Parish. An ecclesiastical territory over which a pastor presides, in which usually one church exists and to which Christians living within that territory automatically belong. Used originally to refer to the district under the jurisdiction of a bishop, it was eventually applied to subdivisions in a diocese. Usually one church and pastor served the Christians of the parish. The Roman Catholic parish system in America was not organized until after the Revolutionary War, when America’s first bishop,
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