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Members of the Universalist Church of America claimed universalist beliefs among some early Christians such as Origen. [5] [6] Richard Bauckham in Universalism: a historical survey ascribes this to Platonist influence, and notes that belief in the final restoration of all souls seems to have been not uncommon in the East during the fourth and fifth centuries and was apparently taught by ...
The 18th century saw the establishment of the Universalist Church in America, in part by the efforts of Hosea Ballou. Universalism was brought to the North American colonies in the early 18th century by the English-born physician George de Benneville, who was attracted by Pennsylvania's Quaker tolerance. North American universalism was active ...
Baptist, later Universalist Church of America: Universalist minister Gerrard Winstanley: 1609 –September 10, 1676 English: Digger and Quaker: George Macdonald December 10, 1824 - September 19, 1905 Scottish Congregational Clergyman and writer of novels Maria Cook: 1779 - December 21, 1835 American Universalist First woman to be recognized as ...
The logo of Universalist Church of America. The Universalist Church of America gradually declined in the early to mid 20th century and merged with the American Unitarian Association in 1961, creating the modern-day Unitarian Universalist Association, which does not officially subscribe to exclusively Christian theology. Christian Universalism ...
The church is akin to both Transylvanian Unitarianism, and Judaism, hence the name bét referring to the Hebrew word for "house" and Dávid, which is the name of the first Transylvanian Unitarian bishop Dávid Ferenc (1510–1579). In 2006, this church was associated with the International Council of Unitarians and Universalists (ICUU).
Unitarian Universalism was formed from the consolidation in 1961 of two historically separate Christian denominations, the Universalist Church of America and the American Unitarian Association, [5] both based in the United States; the new organization formed in this merger was the Unitarian Universalist Association. [20]
The church ceased to exist in 1967 [3] at which time it claimed 200 churches and missions in 21 states with more than 15,000 members [4] and was reestablished in 2001 in the state of Indiana first as the Universalist Church, then as the Universalist Congregations of North America and then back to its original and current name. The Church ...
Original Church of God or Sanctified Church, 1890s; Church of Christ (Holiness) U.S.A., 1896; Church of God in Christ, 1897; African Orthodox Church, 1921; Mount Sinai Holy Church of America, 1924; Church of Universal Triumph, Dominion of God, 1944; Black theology, 1966; Native American Church, 1800 (19th century) [5] Reformed Mennonites, 1812