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Official threat condemned in church statement? (7,2,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

article of faith

'church statement?' is the definition.

'official threat condemned' is the wordplay.
'condemned' indicates anagramming the letters.
'official'+'threat'='officialthreat'
'officialthreat' is an anagram of 'ARTICLE OF FAITH'.

'in' acts as a link.

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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