Author: Henry Martyn DexterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Autographs
Languages : en
Pages : 1116
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The Congregationalism of the Last Three Hundred Years, as Seen in Its Literature
Author: Henry Martyn DexterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Autographs
Languages : en
Pages : 1116
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The Last Century of Congregationalism
Author: William Weston PattonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Congregational churches
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
The Congregationalism of the Last Three Hundred Years, as Seen in Its Literature
Author: Henry Martyn DexterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Autographs
Languages : en
Pages : 1110
Book Description
The Congregationalism of the Last Three Hundred Years, as Seen in Its Literature
Author: Henry Martyn DexterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Autographs
Languages : en
Pages : 270
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The Congregationalism of the Last Three Hundred Years, as Seen in Its Literature
Author: Henry Martyn DexterPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781397263346
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 1092
Book Description
Excerpt from The Congregationalism of the Last Three Hundred Years, as Seen in Its Literature: With Special Reference to Certain Recondite, Neglected, or Disputed Passages; In Twelve Lectures, Delivered on the Southworth Foundation in the Theological Seminary at Andover, Mass., 1876-1879; With a Bibliographical Appendix It is not the least debt which we owe unto History, that it hath made us acquainted with our dead Ancestors, and out of the depth and darkness of the Earth delivered us their Mem ory and Fame In a word, we may gather out of History a Policy no less Wise than Eter nal, by the Comparison and Application of other men's fore-passed Miseries, with our own like Errors and Ill deservings. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Last Puritans
Author: Margaret BendrothPublisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 146962401X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
Congregationalists, the oldest group of American Protestants, are the heirs of New England's first founders. While they were key characters in the story of early American history, from Plymouth Rock and the founding of Harvard and Yale to the Revolutionary War, their luster and numbers have faded. But Margaret Bendroth's critical history of Congregationalism over the past two centuries reveals how the denomination is essential for understanding mainline Protestantism in the making. Bendroth chronicles how the New England Puritans, known for their moral and doctrinal rigor, came to be the antecedents of the United Church of Christ, one of the most liberal of all Protestant denominations today. The demands of competition in the American religious marketplace spurred Congregationalists, Bendroth argues, to face their distinctive history. By engaging deeply with their denomination's storied past, they recast their modern identity. The soul-searching took diverse forms--from letter writing and eloquent sermonizing to Pilgrim-celebrating Thanksgiving pageants--as Congregationalists renegotiated old obligations to their seventeenth-century spiritual ancestors. The result was a modern piety that stood a respectful but ironic distance from the past and made a crucial contribution to the American ethos of religious tolerance.
The Congregationalism of the Last Three Hundred Years, as Seen in Its Literature
Author: Henry Martyn DexterPublisher: Palala Press
ISBN: 9781347067888
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 336
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Don't Fire Your Church Members
Author: Jonathan LeemanPublisher: B&H Publishing Group
ISBN: 1433686228
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Church membership is not just a status, it’s an office. Leaders shouldn’t fire members from the responsibilities given to them by Jesus—they should train them! When members are trained, the church grows in holiness and love, discipleship and mission. Complacency and nominalism are diminished. Jesus gives every church member an office in the church’s government: to assume final responsibility for guarding the what and the who of the gospel in the church and its ministry. Similarly, Jesus gives leaders to the church for equipping the members to do this church-building and mission-accomplishing work. In our day, the tasks of reinvigorating congregational authority and elder authority must work together. The vision of congregationalism pictured in this book offers an integrated view of the Christian life. Congregationalism is biblical, but biblical congregationalism just might look a little different than you expect. It is nothing less than Jesus’ authorization for living out his kingdom rule among a people on mission.
The Last Century of Congregationalism, Or the Influence on Church and State of the Faith and Polity of the Pilgrim Fathers (Classic Reprint)
Author: William W. PattonPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780428734442
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Excerpt from The Last Century of Congregationalism, or the Influence on Church and State of the Faith and Polity of the Pilgrim Fathers The present year is fruitful in historical studies and it ibecomes those who to-day represent the Pilgrim faith and polity, to estimate afresh their value, as the traces of their 'power shall be found in the events of the century just closed. At the birth of our nation, in 1776 - a little over a century and a half from the landing of the Pilgrims - it is supposed that the Congregational Churches numbered about seven hundred, with not quite so large a number of ministers. No statistics exist of the communicants, but they could scarcely have averaged over one hundred to a church, making seventy thousand in all. It is a simple thing to turn to the carefully prepared statistical tables of the Congregational Quarterly, and ascertain our present strength, which is as follows: Churches, ministers, 3, 300; membership, 338, 313. This indicates an increase of not quite five fold. The increase is moderate, at best, while it falls far behind that of other denominations which have been running the race at our side. It will do us good to study a little into this phenomenon. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Congregationalism of the Last Three Hundred Years, as Seen in Its Literature
Author: Henry Martyn DexterPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780656410880
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 1092
Book Description
Excerpt from The Congregationalism of the Last Three Hundred Years, as Seen in Its Literature: With Special Reference to Certain Recondite, Neglected, or Disputed Passages It was a part of my desire - especially in the case of those older publications now grown rare - to direct the inquirer to the book itself, as well as to its title; and I have not spared effort to do this with accu racy. Down to A. D. 1700, all proof-sheets went to the British Museum and the Bodleian, to have their press-marks inserted; a convenience which I am sure will be appreciated by those who know by experience how long one - especially if on the track of an anonymous volume may wander through huge folio catalogues without. Finding the trail. Down to within one hundred years also, this list has been carefully com pared with the Yale and Harvard shelves. It should be observed, however, that while - accidents excepted the presence of any given book in the libraries named as having it, may be relied on, it is never certain that it may not also be found in collee tions to which it has failed to be credited. This, because new titles have often been inserted in the last proofs, when it was too late to send to England, or elsewhere, to ascertain whether they were in possession there or not. Nor in nearing our own time has it been felt to be so important to indicate the locality of volumes presumably common. I have been especially indebted in that department of the subject to which it is devoted, to Dr. Ezra Abbot's Literature of t/ze Doctrine ofa Future Life, published as an appendix to Rev. W. R. Alger's Critical History of Me Doctrine of a Future Life, an indebtedness which is gratefully acknowledged. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.