Congregationalism

Congregationalism

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  • Congregationalism — • The successful establishment of the New England colonies was an event of the utmost importance in the development of Congregationalism, a term preferred by the American Puritans to Independency and gradually adopted by their coreligionists in… …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Congregationalism —    Congregationalism is a Protestant movement that grew out of the Reformation in England and evolved into several major denominations. It has always stressed a church polity that keeps power in the individual congregation.    Congregationalism… …   Encyclopedia of Protestantism

  • Congregationalism — Con gre*ga tion*al*ism, n. 1. That system of church organization which vests all ecclesiastical power in the assembled brotherhood of each local church. [1913 Webster] 2. The faith and polity of the Congregational churches, taken collectively.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • congregaţionalism — CONGREGAŢIONALÍSM s. n. mişcare protestantă din Anglia, care revendica autonomia bisericilor locale faţă de stat şi nega ierarhia ecleziastică. (< fr. congrégationalisme) Trimis de raduborza, 15.09.2007. Sursa: MDN …   Dicționar Român

  • congregationalism — [käŋ΄grə gā′shə nəliz΄əm, kän΄grə gā′shə nəl iz΄əm] n. 1. a form of church organization in which each local congregation is self governing 2. [C ] the beliefs and practices of a Protestant denomination in which each member church is self… …   English World dictionary

  • congregationalism — congregationalist, n., adj. /kong gri gay sheuh nl iz euhm/, n. 1. a form of Protestant church government in which each local religious society is independent and self governing. 2. (cap.) the system of government and doctrine of Congregational… …   Universalium

  • congregationalism — noun see congregational …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • congregationalism — noun Any of several forms of church organization in which each congregation is responsible for its own government See Also: congregationalist …   Wiktionary

  • Congregationalism — noun A system of self governing Protestant churches …   Wiktionary

  • CONGREGATIONALISM —    the ecclesiastical system which regards each congregation of believers in Christ a church complete in itself, and free from the control of the other Christian communities, and which extends to each member equal privileges as a member of Christ …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

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