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Christian Catholic Church

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Christian Catholic Church, religious denomination founded (1896) in Chicago by John Alexander Dowie Dowie, John Alexander (dou`ē), 1847–1907, founder of the Christian Catholic Church , b. Scotland.
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. Its members are sometimes known as Zionites. The church has its center in Zion Zion (zī`ən), city (1990 pop. 19,775), Lake co., extreme NE Ill., on Lake Michigan; inc. 1902.
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, Ill., which Dowie founded (1901) as a religious community. In addition to religious and educational activities in Zion, the founder started various industries on a cooperative basis, an undertaking that was built up by Wilber Glenn Voliva, who became general overseer upon the deposition of Dowie in 1905. Zion is no longer exclusively a religious community. The church extensively supports foreign missions. There are about 3,000 members in the United States and Canada.


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