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Congregationalism

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Congregationalism type of Protestant church organization in which each congregation, or local church, has free control of its own affairs. The underlying principle is that each local congregation has as its head Jesus alone and that the relations of the various congregations are those of fellow members in one common family of God. Congregationalism eliminated bishops and presbyteries. History of the Movement In Great Britain The movement to which the name came to be applied began in the 16th and 17th cent. in England in a revolt against the Established Church. Robert Browne published... Read more

Congregationalism
Congregationalism Christian church denomination in which local churches are autonomous; members have been called Brownists, Separatists...Independents. It is based on the belief that Christ is the head of the Church and all members are God's priests. Modern Congregationalism began in England in c. 1580. In the UK, ... Read more

Congregationalism
Congregationalism. The form of Church polity which rests on the independence...represents the earliest form of Church order. Modern Congregationalism, however, dates from the Reformation. As early...govern themselves, laid down the lines of essential Congregationalism. From the 1580s Brownists (as outsiders ... Read more

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	Rev. Dr. Harry R. Butman, 101, former pastor in Randolph ; ...died at home July 29. Considered the ''Dean of American Congregationalism,'' he was involved in nearly all of the important events...followed by about a dozen other books about American Congregationalism, including "The Lord's Free People." He last preached... Read more
	(book reviews) ; ...Studies Institute. 234 pp. $24.95. Orestes Augustus Brownson (1803-1876) was a prolific intellectual gadfly who went through Congregationalism, Unitarianism, several of his own invented spiritualities, and finally ended up as one of the best known, if controversial... Read more
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	Church official will visit First Congregational ; ...Foothill Drive, today and Sunday. On Sunday at 9 a.m., the Rev. Richard will lead a discussion titled, "The Future of Congregationalism in Post-Denominational Era." This will take place in the parlor. Everyone is invited to attend. Later, during the 10:30... Read more
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