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English translation: outer church


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German term or phrase:Außenkirche
English translation:outer church
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09:51 Dec 5, 2008
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German term or phrase: Außenkirche
Please, could anyone tell me what "Aussenkirche" means? It is in a text about religion, about being a believer or not.
The context is pretty unclear and no dictionary has given me a clue!
xxxEuMC2
outer church
Explanation:
I found Buitenkerk in Dutch and outer church in English as synonyms for Außenkirche. Here is a possible explanation of the meaning:
"The name Buitenkerk (buiten = outside) reminds of the time that this part of Kampen lay outside the walls of the town."
( http://overijsselchurches.tripod.com/kampenbuitenkerk.html, see also http://www.planetware.com/kampen/outer-church-nl-ov-buit.htm...

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Note added at 30 mins (2008-12-05 10:21:55 GMT)
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I just found another link - http://book4blog-becomingwisencompassionate.blogspot.com/200... - where outer and inner church are contrasted. Maybe that fits your context better?
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kriddl
Germany
Local time: 18:38
Grading comment
Very documented and fast :)
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Aussenkirche
outer church


Explanation:
I found Buitenkerk in Dutch and outer church in English as synonyms for Außenkirche. Here is a possible explanation of the meaning:
"The name Buitenkerk (buiten = outside) reminds of the time that this part of Kampen lay outside the walls of the town."
( http://overijsselchurches.tripod.com/kampenbuitenkerk.html, see also http://www.planetware.com/kampen/outer-church-nl-ov-buit.htm...

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Note added at 30 mins (2008-12-05 10:21:55 GMT)
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I just found another link - http://book4blog-becomingwisencompassionate.blogspot.com/200... - where outer and inner church are contrasted. Maybe that fits your context better?

Example sentence(s):
  • Francesco Salviati, The Blessed Virgin and Child with Saints (c. 1540), outer church of Santa Cristina, chapel of Saint Romuald.
  • Outer West Market Church of Christ in Palestine, Illinois

    Reference: http://books.google.de/books?id=qBzVkSgmyzsC&pg=PR9&lpg=PR9&...
    Reference: http://web1.userinstinct.com/16098879-outer-west-market-chur...
kriddl
Germany
Local time: 18:38
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Very documented and fast :)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Julia Wolter: Ich verstehe es als "Filialkirche". Hab was bei Wikipedia.de gefunden (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merklingen_(Weil_der_Stadt)), was meine Vermutung einwenig bestätigt. Da ist aber nicht viel im Web.
2 mins
  -> In dem von Harapalba genannten Kontext denke ich mittlerweile, dass es wohl mehr um die Gegenüberstellung innerer Glaube - Kirche als Institution geht.
neutral  David Moore: I'd say the "context" is far too nebulous to be this certain of your answer...
1 hr
agree  Helen Shiner: I hope the answers are somehow combined - and that we both have divined the right answer!!
2 hrs
neutral  AllegroTrans: it may just be, but we simply don't have context
6 hrs
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Changes made by editors
Dec 5, 2008 - Changes made by Johanna Timm, PhD:
Term askedAussenkirche => Außenkirche


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