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Mother church
Concept in Christianity / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Holy Mother Church" redirects here. For the Catholic Church, see Catholic Church.
Not to be confused with Sister church.
Mother church or matrice is a term depicting the Christian Church as a mother in her functions of nourishing and protecting the believer.[1] It may also refer to the primary church of a Christian denomination or (arch)diocese, i.e. a cathedral church.[2] For a particular individual, one's mother church is the church in which one received the sacrament of baptism.[3][4] The term has specific meanings within different Christian traditions. Catholics refer to the Catholic Church as "Holy Mother Church".
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