MOTHERCHURCH
Mother Church
The term Mother Church has many meanings within Christianity. The principal definition in the Oxford English Dictionary is "The Church, esp. the Roman Catholic Church, considered as a mother in its functions of nourishing and protecting the believer". Other definitions include: "A church which has responsibility for or oversight of another "; "The principal church of a country, region, or city; a cathedral or a metropolitan church"; "The original church of a particular Christian movement, serving as an organizational or spiritual centre; esp. the First Church of Christ, Scientist in Boston, Massachusetts, that of the ...The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Mother Church
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