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Beyond the Bible: moving from scripture to theology. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House. pp. 40– 2. ISBN 978-0-8010-2775-8. Davies, Horton (1997). The Worship of the English Puritans. Morgan, PA: Soli Deo Gloria Publications. ISBN 978-1-57358-043-4
Since the 1800s, however, most of the Reformed churches have modified their understanding of the regulative principle and make use of musical instruments, believing that Calvin and his early followers went beyond the biblical requirements of the Decalogue [7] and that such things are circumstances of worship requiring biblically rooted wisdom ...
A great deal of emphasis was placed on the forms of worship, as they were seen in terms of the Latin phrase lex orandi, lex credendi ("the rule of prayer is the rule of belief")—that is, the specifics of one's worship express, teach, and govern the doctrinal beliefs of the community. According to this view, alterations in the patterns and ...
Pilgrims Going to Church, a 1867 depiction of Puritans in the New England colonies, by George Henry Boughton.. The Congregational tradition was brought to America in the 1620s and 1630s by the Puritans—a Calvinistic group within the Church of England that desired to purify it of any remaining teachings and practices of the Roman Catholic Church. [6]
The Congregational Union of England and Wales was established in 1831. [40] It had no authority over the affiliated churches, but instead aimed to advise and support them. [41] In 1972, about three-quarters of English Congregational churches merged with the Presbyterian Church of England to form the United Reformed Church (URC). However, about ...
The ordination of Methodist Bishop Francis Asbury, 1784. Many Methodist and Wesleyan churches use a derivative of episcopalianism known as connexional polity. [6] It emphasizes essential interdependence through fellowship, consultation, government and oversight.
Joseph Fitzmyer SJ notes that the rule of faith (Latin: regula fidei) (where 'rule' has the sense of a measure such as a ruler) is a phrase rooted in the Apostle Paul's admonition to the Christians in Rome in the Epistle to the Romans 5:13 12:6, which says, "We have different gifts, according to the grace given us.
Code of conduct, a set of rules outlining the norms, rules, and responsibilities or proper practices of an individual party or an organization. Confessionalism (religion), belief that full assent to official teachings is important; Creed, a statement of the shared beliefs of a community which summarize its core tenets