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The American Revolution inflicted deeper wounds on the Church of England in America than on any other denomination because the King of England was the head of the church. The Book of Common Prayer offered prayers for the monarch, beseeching God "to be his defender and keeper, giving him victory over all his enemies", who in 1776 were American ...
The African American Review notes the important role Christian revivalism in the black church played in the Civil Rights Movement. [76] Martin Luther King Jr. , an ordained Baptist minister, was a leader of the American civil rights movement and president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference , a Christian Civil Rights organization.
The circumcision controversy in early Christianity played an important role in Christian theology. [1] [2] [3] [4]The circumcision of Jesus is celebrated as a feast day in the liturgical calendar of many Christian denominations, while the teachings of the Apostle Paul asserted that physical circumcision was unnecessary for the salvation of Gentiles and their membership in the New Covenant.
Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodox Churches, mainline Protestantism: Binitarianism is a Christian heresy that teaches that there are only two persons in the Godhead: the Father and the Son. The Holy Spirit is not considered to be a separate person, but rather an aspect of the Son or the Father. [20] Subordinationism
Unification Church controversies (1 C, ... (11 C, 17 P) Pages in category "Christianity-related controversies" ... American Indian boarding schools;
This is for controversies up until the Fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476. Subcategories. ... Circumcision controversy in early Christianity; Clementine literature;
In the American colonies the First Great Awakening was a wave of religious enthusiasm among Protestants that swept the American colonies in the 1730s and 1740s, leaving a permanent impact on American Christianity. It resulted from preaching that deeply affected listeners (already church members) with a sense of personal guilt and salvation by ...
There was a very large volume of Christian literature published, particularly controversial and millennial but also historical and scholarly. Hagiography became more critical with the Bollandists , and ecclesiastical history became thoroughly developed and debated, with Catholic scholars such as Baronius and Jean Mabillon , and Protestants such ...