Exercise 1. Fill in the gaps with the names of religions from the box.
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 666.
Comprehension
Glossary
| baptism | Christian religious rite of sprinkling water on to a person's forehead or of immersing them in water, symbolizing purification or regeneration and admission to the Christian Church |
| Canon | religious law or body of law decreed by the church |
| diocese | territorial jurisdiction of a bishop |
| ecclesiastical | of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church) |
| liturgy | rite or body of rites prescribed for public worship |
| Measure | statute in draft before it becomes law |
| Purgatory | (in Catholic doctrine) a place or state of suffering inhabited by the souls of sinners who are expiating their sins before going to heaven |
| pulpit | a raised enclosed platform in a church or chapel from which the preacher delivers a sermon |
| secede | withdraw from an organization or communion |
| secular | not having any connection with religion |
| sermon | a talk on a religious or moral subject, especially one given during a church service and based on a passage from the Bible |
Judaism Sikhism Catholicism Russian Orthodox Church Protestantism Christianity Hinduism Anglican Church Islam
For the largest part of its history the traditional religion in England, and later the United Kingdom has been _________, first ________ and later a branch of _________. Nowadays the church is separated from the state in all the constituent countries except England, where _______ is the established church. Besides, there exist a wide variety of other Christian churches and denominations, including __________. _________ has been practiced in the country since the Middle Ages, apart from a four hundred year period when the Jews were expelled from Britain. The influx of immigrant from former Asian colonies brought a wide range of other religions, such as _______, _________ and _______.