When he goes looking for answers from a new religion, the church declares him the second coming.

"But why would the church ever declare a maverick like one of you a saint?"

The church declared its autonomy on 10th July 1919.

Even the church eventually declared the beast a "messenger of Satan".

The downtown church is part of a movement in which some Presbyterian churches across the country have been declaring themselves open to homosexuals.

The lawsuit was dismissed, and the church declared victory.

Unless, of course, the Church goes ahead and declares Holy War.

"The fact that the church might well declare bankruptcy, it would take 20 years," Ms. Murphy said.

These churches at first usually declared their independence without universal approval, which came after Constantinople gave its blessing.

As many times in the past, the town found itself in a state of emergency, with old buildings and some churches declared unusable.