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Established Churches
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White Anglo Saxon Protestant
Church of England Government Funding "A church that is officially recognized by the government and receives its support" |
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Free Church
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.No Government Funding
Self Supporting |
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Union Churches
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.A congregation or denomination formed by the combination of two or more churches.
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Reformed Churches
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Lutheran
Church of England Anything Calvinist |
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Huguenots
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French Protestants or French Calvinists.
Were met in France with a great deal of persecution at the hands of the Catholic Church. |
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Anglican Churches
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Is the officially Established Church of England.
Sees itself as both Reformed and Catholic. Reformed - they use the book of common prayer. Catholic - Views itself as part of the unbroken church of Christ and still uses many of the established creeds. |
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Waldensians
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Started by Peter Waldo in 1173
It is Italian and Protestant in its denomination. It is a proponent of Calvinist Theory and is a reformed church. |
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John Wycliffe
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Is an English Theologian and a dissenter within the Roman Catholic Church. He is said to have been a precursor to the Protestant Reformation.
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Lollards
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Were followers of John Wycliffe who was a critic of the traditional church.
Taught Predestination Held no formal doctrine and were anti-clerical |
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John Hus
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Was a Czech Protestant Reformer who was burned at the stake by the Catholic Church.
He had supposedly heretical views on ecclesiology (which is the theological understanding of the Church). |
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Martin Luther (1483-1546)
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Well Educated German Monk
Justification by Faith Alone Grace Alone Married Katrina Von Bora |
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Ulrich Zwingli (1484-1531)
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Swiss Theologian and leader of early reformation movements.
"Scripture Alone" sought to eliminate Pope, indulgences, purgatory and relics. |
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John Calvin (1509-1564)
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Sovereignty of God
-original sin -salvation -scripture Predestination |
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Church of England
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Is the same as the Anglican Church...has great cross over between Reform and traditional Catholic
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Lambeth Conference
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Is the assembly of the Anglican Communion convened by the Archbishop of Canterbury. Bishops are in attendance.
There have been fourteen such conferences throughout history. |
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Ecumenism
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The idea of a Christian unity in the literal meaning: that there should be a single Christian Church.
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Fundementalism
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Believe in the Inerrancy of the scriptures.
The Virgin Birth and deity of Jesus God's Grace and Human Faith Resurrection of Jesus Christ's Miracles |
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Dispensationalism
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An Evangelical movement that says that God relates to human beings in different ways under different covenants.
Pretribulation Rapture Christ will come back and reign for a millennial in Jerusalem. Pre Trib |
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"The Rapture"
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The single event which is marked with the return of Christ
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Believer's Baptism
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This descends from the Anabaptist tradition.
A person is baptised based on the basis of his or her profession of faith in Jesus Christ and admission into the community of faith. It is in contrast to infant baptism. |
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Religion of the Heart
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Refers to the personal appropriation of faith...which stemmed from the European Revivals.
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Pietism
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is a movement within Lutheranism. Influenced Protestantism and Anabaptism, inspired Methodists and Bretherens as well.
Thorough Study of the Bible Universal Christian Priesthood Sympathy towards non believers Devotional Education and Theology A different style of preaching How it affected several branches of Christianity in the 1600's and 1700's |
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Metanoia
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The practice of "changing one's mind" in the direction of repentance. Focuses on the superior state of being that is actualized versus the inferior state that is being left behind.
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Different types of Conversion
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Westerhoff's and Lonergan's Models
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Methodists
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Traces its origin to the evangelical revival movement of John Wesley in the Anglican Church. Charles Wesley is credited with writing much of the hymnal that the Methodist Church uses.
The Movement included a "Methodical" study of the bible The Sharing of testimony New Birth for salvation Justification by Faith Free Will First in Britain and then in to the Americas |
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Second Great Awakening
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1790-1840s
A period of great religious revival. Methodists and Baptists increased greatly in number, as did smaller factions such as the Church of Christ and Mormons. It was also a time for increased concern for abolition, temperance and prison reform. |
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AME Church
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African Methodist Episcopal Church
The Church was organized by people of African descent. The church roots are Methodist The church adopted an Episcopal structure |
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AMEZ Church
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African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
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The "Invisible Institution"
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These were churches for enslaved blacks in the South that did not teach that slavery was a God inspired institution.
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Dispensations
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This viewpoint observes divergent theologies in the Old and the New Testament and see the entire bible as a series of divine dispensations.
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William Miller and the Adventists - Chief beliefs
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Pentecostalism (early 20th c. and beyond)
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Stresses a personal experience with God that is found through Baptism and then the sign of speaking in tongues is seen.
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Azuza Street Revival;
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Revival by the AME Church in LA in the early 20th century.
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Church of God
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Descend from the Adventist or the Pentecostal traditions.
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Church of Christ
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Spirituals and Gospel Songs
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Distinguish between the two.
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Spirit Posession
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The Middle Passage
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Refers to the Middle Passage of the Slave Trade
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The "living dead"
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"To gain your life you must first lose it."
To follow Jesus one must surrender his life to Christ. |
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"Black Church"
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Speaking in tounges
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Ecumenism
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A desire for greater unity between different religions.
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World Council of Churches
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Bilateral dialogues
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Multilateral Dialogues
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How do fundamentalist and historical-critical analysis of the bible differ?
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What were the Evangelical Revival of the 1700's and the North American Great Awakening?
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What was the central focus of both? When and what was the Second great Awakening?
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What connection are there between Methodists and Anglicans?
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The founder of the Methodist movement was John Wesley and prior to that he was an Anglican.
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What early social issues did Evangelicals identify themselves with?
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Democratic Society and Culture
Right of Assembly Anti-Slavery Women's Rights |
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What are the chief beliefs of the dispensationalist churches?
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Handout + text
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What are the focus and teachings of the Adventist groups?
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Adventist Churches believe in the coming return of Christ and recognize the sabbath on Saturday.
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Know the chief emphases and teachings of fundamentalism
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Tied very closely to evangelical protestant Christianity. It was prominent in the 19th and 20th century as a reaction to liberal readings of scripture.
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How do the Friends (Quakers) and Methodists differ from other Evangelical churches?
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Methodists and Quakers were affected to a greater degree by Modernism and Liberalism than other churches were.
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What new emphases have more progressive forms of Evangelicalism taken in the late 20th Century?
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What does "ecumenical dialogue" mean? What guidelines do Brown and Weigel suggest for such dialogue?
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Why is there fear of ecumenism among some branches of Christianity?
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Which branches of Christianity have the greatest percentage of African American Members?
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What are the chief teachings of Pentecostalism? How has it grown?
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Protestant Principle
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It warns against Idolatry and relativism.
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