Congregationalism
Congregationalism PROTESTANT churches based on local autonomy and the equality of all believers. Baptism and the Lord's Supper are the only sacraments accepted. As in other reformed Churches, there are ministers who carry out pastoral and liturgical duties. Their ordination rests with the congregation they serve; there is no formal hierarchy, though in practice senior ministers exercise oversight in particular areas. The Congregational Church in England and Wales merged with the Presbyterian Church of England in 1972 to form the United Reformed Church; in the USA the Congregational Christian Churches merged with the Evangelical and Reformed Church in 1957 to form the United Church of Christ.
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The Shaping of American Congregationalism 1620-1957.
Magazine article from: The Christian Century; 11/2/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...story of his religious community. This involves not only Congregationalism but the formation of the Congregational Christian denomination...achievements as it has attempted to draw together the congregationalism of one of its components and the connectionalism of the...
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Structural Adaptations in Immigrant Congregations.
Magazine article from: Sociology of Religion; 6/22/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...develop the two major elements of congregationalism. As the bedrock of religious life...process of creating them (i.e., congregationalism), have tended, in one way or another...Warner (1994) argued that de facto congregationalism characterizes many of the new immigrant...
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 "ATQ (The American Transcendental Quarterly)")
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Wrestling with silence: Emily Dickinson's Calvinist God.(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: ATQ (The American Transcendental Quarterly); 3/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...England Calvinism--or orthodox Congregationalism, as the denomination came to be...1865 Council demonstrate not only Congregationalism's response to the intellectual...also the growing liberalization of Congregationalism itself, visible in the amendment...
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Findings from R. Phillips and co-authors provide new insights into life sciences.
Newspaper article from: Life Science Weekly; 1/13/2009; 597 words
; ...a strategy dubbed ''de facto congregationalism.'' However, changes in the polity...investigates whether the logic of de facto congregationalism applies to Mormonism. From a case...consistent with the logic of de facto congregationalism." Phillips and colleagues published...
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Perspectives on Church Government.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Baptist History and Heritage; 6/22/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...provides a biblical exposition for congregationalism in general and the elder-led model...perspective. Garrett's main argument for congregationalism is the priesthood of all believers...a discussion of the importance of congregationalism and its decline in modern Baptist...
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`Seismic shift' leads to the local parish.(open discussion of clergy sexual abuse crisis)(Brief Article)(Editorial)
Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 6/21/2002; 700+ words
; ...accelerates the tendency toward Catholic congregationalism, a congregationalism the leadership is unable to prevent and...implications. This pastor spelled out the congregationalism. "If you have a local church that wants...
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 "Hartford Courant (Hartford, CT)")
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Historic South Church Endures.
Newspaper article from: Hartford Courant (Hartford, CT); 2/19/2005; 700+ words
; ...times. "It's really the cradle of Congregationalism -- it started here -- and democracy...conservative and liberal trends in modern Congregationalism. As a downtown church, with a membership...personal experience." This form of Congregationalism, with its focus on independence...
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Congregational members share ideas Church identity, future being examined during symposium in Wauwatosa
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 11/7/1998; ; 604 words
; ...A Past with a Future: Continuing Congregationalism into the Next Millennium," a symposium...believe each church is complete." Congregationalism, a form of church governance whereby...have centered on the three marks of congregationalism: faith, freedom and fellowship...
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The underground movement that reached for the sky
Newspaper article from: The Northern Echo; 9/25/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...ministers were expelled from the Church of England, and Congregationalism went underground. It quickly resurfaced, though. The...school in use. But the 1960s were a controversial time for Congregationalism - some of these independently-minded churches started...
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Restoring the prominent middle
Magazine article from: Judaism; 10/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...ideological shift. In particular, combating the Movement's congregationalism would help broaden the Movement's base, create more...within the wider American Jewish community. The primacy of congregationalism in American religious life tends to isolate synagogues...
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Congregationalism
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
CONGREGATIONALISM CONGREGATIONALISM. Congregationalist Churches trace their ancestry to the...slavery. During the second half of the nineteenth century, Congregationalism continued its movement in a more liberal direction. The...
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Chauncy, Charles (1705-1787)
Book article from: American Eras
...of the liberal wing of New England Congregationalism from his post as pastor of the city...leadership of the Old Light Party of Congregationalism. This group formed in opposition...emerging liberal wing of New England Congregationalism. Rationalism. At the heart of the...
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Unitarianism and Universalism
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History
...x2013;eighteenth century, however, a liberal wing of Congregationalism had emerged, affirming the freedom of the will. By the...the orthodox Calvinists was complicated by the status of Congregationalism as the established church of Massachusetts until 1833...
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Protestantism
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...see Adventists ; Anabaptists ; Baptists ; Calvinism ; Congregationalism ; Lutheranism ; Methodism ; Pentecostalism ; Presbyterianism...in such forms as episcopacy (government by bishops), Congregationalism, or Presbyterianism, was looked upon by Protestants...
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Episcopalianism
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...Nationally, it was the second largest denomination after Congregationalism in 1776. The coming of the American Revolution fundamentally...baptismal regeneration to distinguish the church from Congregationalism and seeking to tie the Holy Spirit to the episcopate...
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