Questions tagged [united-states]
For questions relating to the country known as the United States of America.
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Why is the KJV frequently said to be the "true" translation?
This question actually centers on the KJV translation itself. It's not hard to find a church in America (particularly in the south) where they believe that the KJV is the one true translation and that ...
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Why do Latter-day Saints believe that the US Constitution is divinely inspired and what does that mean?
Recent events have brought more attention to some Latter-day Saints who have referred to the US Constitution as "divinely inspired." When did this belief originate? What scriptures do they ...
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What does "Christ was born across the sea" mean in Julia Ward Howe's The Battle Hymn of the Republic?
The fifth verse of Julia Ward Howe's The Battle Hymn of the Republic, as published in 1862, goes like this:
In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea,
With a glory in His bosom ...
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When did the African-American population become Christian?
As someone who's never been to the USA I might be making a completely wrong assumption, but from all the media, it seems that the majority of the African-American population were traditionally ...
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How are patriotic songs used in US churches?
A comical blog mentioned “patriotic worship”. It is also hinted at in this article and in this article where it is made clear that patriotic songs such as the ones listed here are sung and they are ...
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How did Baptists in the southern US justify slavery as compatible with Christianity?
The wikipedia article on Slavery in the US states:
Over the decades and with the growth of slavery throughout the South, Baptist and Methodist ministers gradually changed their messages to ...
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Is the USA mentioned in the Bible?
I've dug up at least one reference that may be a candidate.
Jeremiah 6:21-23
Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons ...
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What does Jehovah's Witnesses canon say about the United States, if anything?
Inspired by this other question on the LDS denomination. What I am curious on is if the Jehovah's Witnesses holy writings (whatever they consider "canon") say anything about the United ...
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Is it known which seminary or seminaries produced the majority of Catholic priests who were accused of sexual abuse in the USA?
Is it known which seminary or seminaries produced the majority of Catholic priests who were accused of sexual abuse in the USA?
The Catholic Church has suffered from the unfaithful and immoral priests ...
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When/why did the [N]RSV become a "Catholic" Bible instead of a "Protestant" Bible?
The Methodist church my aunt grew up in back in the 50s and 60s relied almost exlcusively on the RSV, and she continued to use it until her death a few years ago as her preferred translation.
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Which U.S. bishops are unfaithful to Church teaching on homosexuality and LGBT ideology?
Which U.S. bishops are unfaithful to Church teaching on homosexuality and LGBT ideology?
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