大学英语词汇短语释义解析及例句 bible society


释义：

bible society 圣经公会

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Presiding over the Bible Society for the past 11 years is Eugene B.


This year there are three: American Bible Society, New York, and Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S., Kansas City, Mo.


In particular he quoted a poll by the Bible Society which suggested a quarter of churchgoers were opposed to women bishops.


The American Bible Society was founded in 1816 at City Hall, in New York City, by such luminaries as New York Governor DeWitt Clinton and writer James Fenimore Cooper.


Five charities on our list didn't reach that: Paralyzed Veterans of America (66%), United States Holocaust Museum (68%), American Bible Society, Disabled American Veterans and Jewish National Fund (all 69%).


Olive created it as the World Bible Society of America in 1979, and first drew attention with a book predicting the rapture of the faithful on the Jewish New Year, 1988.


"Today the world lost a Christian statesman, a dedicated servant of prisoners and a powerful example of God's ability to transform a life, " said Lamar Vest, president and CEO of the New York-based American Bible Society.