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Abstract
From the earliest period of our history it has been recognized that corporate existence and capacity is desirable if not indispensable in order to carry on the affairs of the various church societies in the most efficient manner. Accordingly various forms of religious corporations have been developed. Of these the earliest, namely the territorial parish and the corporation sole, grew out of the then existing union of church and state. They were public municipal corporations and passed away with the system which had given them birth. Their place was taken by other church corporations of which there are three principal forms namely the trustee corporation, the corporation aggregate and the modem form of the corporation sole.
Recommended Citation
Carl Zollman,
Nature of American Religious Corporations,
14
Mich. L. Rev.
37
(1915).
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