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Defining characteristics. The normative principle teaches that whatever is not prohibited in Scripture is permitted in worship, as long as it is agreeable to the peace and unity of the Church. [1] In short, there must be agreement with the general practice of the Church and no prohibition in Scripture for whatever is done in worship.
Congregational church (disambiguation) (Redirected from Congregational Church (disambiguation)) Congregational churches are Protestant churches in the Reformed tradition that practise congregationalist polity. Congregational church may also refer to:
The CCCC was not the only Congregationalist denomination to oppose merger. Other churches left the CCC to become independent, or joined the National Association of Congregational Christian Churches (NACCC) which formed in 1955 over the same polity concerns, without concerns over liberal theology.
Below is the article summary. For the full article, see Congregationalism . Congregationalism, Movement that arose among English Protestant Christian churches in the late 16th and early 17th century. It developed as one branch of Puritanism and emphasized the right and duty of each congregation to govern itself independent of higher human ...
An episcopal polity is a hierarchical form of church governance ("ecclesiastical polity") in which the chief local authorities are called bishops. The word "bishop" here is derived via the British Latin and Vulgar Latin term *ebiscopus / *biscopus, from the Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος epískopos meaning "overseer".
History of Congregationalism George Punchard, 1865 The history of congregationalism from about A.D. 250 to the present time in continuation of the account of the origin and earliest history of this system of church polity contained in "A View of Congregationalism". The Covenant of Grace in Puritan Thought John von Rohr, 1986.
Congregationalist polity synonyms, Congregationalist polity pronunciation, ... Wikipedia. Related to Congregationalist polity: Congregationalist churches.
