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Old 12-15-2007, 04:26 PM
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Why is it the Church OF Scotland, or Church OF England? I'd prefer IN !
I have an inkling that OF is simply an abbreviated way of saying IN THE NATION OF. At least that is how it appears in the title page to the Westminster Confession. But we must also understand that national churches were the norm then.
I am not quibbling over prepositions . . . causa finita est.
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