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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 ...
He read history that he might the better be able to help forward a struggling and striving world. He wrote Universalism in America,” in two volumes. To be the author of this book is sufficient fame. This history is a text book of the Universalist Church, showing its beginning and growth in the midst of much opposition.
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 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 ...
Cassara, Ernest (1997) Universalism in America: A Documentary History of a Liberal Faith, Skinner House Books, Boston. Church, Forrest (2010) The Cathedral of the World: A Universalist Theology, Beacon Press, Boston. Miller, Russell (1979) The Larger Hope, The First Century of the Universalist Church in America, 1770-1870, Unitarian ...
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]
Thomas Whittemore (January 1, 1800 – March 21, 1861 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) was a Christian Universalist author, speaker and influential member of the Universalist Church of America. He founded and was the editor of The Trumpet and Universalist magazine, which succeeded the Universalist magazine of Hosea Ballou in 1828. [1] [2]