| rdfs:comment | - In Christianity, the term mother church or Mother Church may have one of the following meanings: 1.
* The first mission church in an area, or a pioneer cathedral 2.
* A basilica or cathedral 3.
* The main chapel of a province of a religious order 4.
* A plantation church — that is, the "mother" of several "daughter churches", 5.
* A church of historical importance to a Christian community, including the following: 6. 1.
* Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church, the "mother church" of the African Methodist Episcopal Church; 7. 2.
* The Mother Church: The First Church of Christ, Scientist (Boston, Massachusetts), the Church of Christ Scientist of which all others are branches; 8. 3.
* Greater Refuge Temple Church, the Mother Church of the Church of Our Lord Jesu
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| abstract | - In Christianity, the term mother church or Mother Church may have one of the following meanings: 1.
* The first mission church in an area, or a pioneer cathedral 2.
* A basilica or cathedral 3.
* The main chapel of a province of a religious order 4.
* A plantation church — that is, the "mother" of several "daughter churches", 5.
* A church of historical importance to a Christian community, including the following: 6. 1.
* Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church, the "mother church" of the African Methodist Episcopal Church; 7. 2.
* The Mother Church: The First Church of Christ, Scientist (Boston, Massachusetts), the Church of Christ Scientist of which all others are branches; 8. 3.
* Greater Refuge Temple Church, the Mother Church of the Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith; and 9. 4.
* The Roman Catholic Church, viewed by some Roman Catholics as the Mother Church of Christianity, especially in the West. 10.
* The Universal Church or Church Universal, which is the Bride of Christ.
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