religious community
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religious community
An organized group of people connected by a shared faith, shared religious practices, and rituals.
In Deutschland sind viele verschiedene Religionsgemeinschaften als Körperschaften des öffentlichen Rechts anerkannt.
In Germany, many different religious communities are recognized as corporations under public law.
The word is a compound made up of 'Religion' (religion), the linking element '-s-', and 'Gemeinschaft' (community). So it literally means a 'Gemeinschaft der Religion' (community of religion).
Jede große Religion besteht aus vielen einzelnen Religionsgemeinschaften.
Every major religion consists of many individual religious communities.
Common verbs used with this noun are 'angehören' (to belong to) and 'anerkennen' (to recognize). You can 'einer Religionsgemeinschaft angehören' (belong to a religious community), or a group can 'als Religionsgemeinschaft anerkannt werden' (be recognized as a religious community).
Er gehört seit seiner Kindheit dieser Religionsgemeinschaft an.
He has belonged to this religious community since childhood.
'Religionsgemeinschaft' (religious community) is a formal and official term. It is often used in legal, political, and sociological texts to describe the organized and legal status of a religious group.
Das Gesetz regelt die Rechte und Pflichten von Religionsgemeinschaften.
The law regulates the rights and duties of religious communities.
faith community
Both words refer to people who share a common faith. Religionsgemeinschaft places more emphasis on the group being organized and having shared religious practices. Glaubensgemeinschaft can also refer to a less formally organized group with the same religious beliefs.
Die organisierte Religionsgemeinschaft veranstaltet regelmäßig gemeinsame Gottesdienste und Feste.
The organized religious community regularly holds joint services and festivals.
Die kleine Glaubensgemeinschaft trifft sich regelmäßig in einer Wohnung zum gemeinsamen Gebet.
The small faith community regularly meets in an apartment for communal prayer.
