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The evangelical movement inside and outside the Church of England gained strength in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The movement challenged the traditional religious sensibility that emphasised a code of honour for the upper-class , and suitable behaviour for everyone else, together with faithful observances of rituals.
Early Christians gathered in small private homes, [2] known as house churches, but a city's whole Christian community would also be called a "church"—the Greek noun ἐκκλησία (ekklesia) literally means "assembly", "gathering", or "congregation" [3] [4] but is translated as "church" in most English translations of the New Testament.
The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the Crown Dependencies. It is the mother church of the Anglican tradition , with foundational doctrines being contained in the Thirty-nine Articles and The Books of Homilies . [ 2 ]
It developed into Early Christianity (see also List of events in early Christianity). The quest for the historical Jesus began with the work of Hermann Samuel Reimarus in the 18th century. [ 84 ] Two books, both called The Life of Jesus were written by David Strauss , published in German in 1835–36, and Ernest Renan , published in French in 1863.
It remained part of the Church of England until 1978, when the Anglican Church of Bermuda separated. The Church of England was the state religion in Bermuda and a system of parishes was set up for the religious and political subdivision of the colony (they survive, today, as both civil and religious parishes). Bermuda, like Virginia, tended to ...
Similar law codes are produced such as the early 11th-century law codes of Cnut and Canons of Edgar, written by Archbishop Wulfstan (died 1023) of York, which enforce observance of Christianity across the whole of England, including the baptism of newborns, paying of tithes, worship and love of one god and participation in housel. They further ...
The early Christian apologist Tertullian recorded that footwashing was a regular part of early Christian worship. [154] Footwashing was done with a basin "of water for the saints' feet" and a "linen towel". [151] Being commanded in John 13, footwashing done in the imitation of Jesus was a rite encouraged by Origen. [154]
Early Church Texts; The Early Christians in Their Own Words (free Ebook – English or Arabic) Catholic Encyclopedia: The Fathers of the Church; PBS Frontline: The First Christians "The Old Testament of the Early Church" Revisited, Albert C. Sundberg, Jr. The Jewish Roman World of Jesus Archived 2010-08-17 at the Wayback Machine