For salvation he sought the Church.
The Church of Rome.
The First Presbyterian Church.
I was on my way to church.
He is a student of church history. (Note use of lower-case in this sentence.)
10. The names of creeds and professions of faith.
Apostle’s Creed, Thirty-nine Articles, Nicene Creed.
Note that the adjective ante-Nicene is printed as it here appears.
11. The word “father” when used in direct reference to the fathers of the church, and to the Pilgrim leaders of New England, and the word “reformers” when used of the leaders of the Reformation.
The ante-Nicene Fathers.
Luther, Calvin and the other Reformers.
The word “father” is not capitalized when the reference is general, as in the first sentence of this section.
The capitalization of “reformer” is intended to distinguish persons connected with a certain definite historical movement from persons interested in reform. Many persons might consider that the Reformers were not reformers.
12. Names of persons.
John Smith,
George V.