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Church Militant

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The Church on earth means the whole body of believers, who are said to be “waging the war of faith” against “the world, the flesh, and the devil.” It is therefore militant, or in warfare. (See Church Triumphant.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Chrysaor [ch = k]
Chrysippus
Chubb (Thomas)
Chuck Full
Chukwa
Chum
Chum in with (To)
Church
Church-goer (A)
Church Invisible (The)
Church Militant
Church Porch (The)
Church Triumphant (The)
Church Visible (The)
Churched
Churchwarden (A)
Churchyard Cough (A)
Chuzzlewit (Martin)
Chyndonax
Ci-devant (French)
Cicero

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