Glossary Term
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- Église
- Transliteration
- Église
- Rejected alternatives
- temple (building only)
Church
Capitalized ‘l’Église’ strongly denotes the institutional Catholic Church in ordinary usage. French Protestants historically call their building ‘un temple’, not ‘une église’. Must clarify the body-of-Christ sense distinct from the institution or building.
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