Search for crossword answers and clues
System of beliefs and church government of a Protestant denomination in which each member church is self-governing
Answer for the clue "System of beliefs and church government of a Protestant denomination in which each member church is self-governing ", 17 letters:
congregationalism
Word definitions for congregationalism in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Congregationalism may refer to: Congregationalist polity , a form of church governance based on the local congregation The Congregational churches , a family of denominations known for a congregationalist form of governance
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Congregationalism \Con`gre*ga"tion*al*ism\, n. That system of church organization which vests all ecclesiastical power in the assembled brotherhood of each local church. The faith and polity of the Congregational churches, taken collectively. Note: In this ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any of several forms of church organization in which each congregation is responsible for its own government
Usage examples of congregationalism.
Is it quite sure that New England Congregationalism would have been in all respects worse off if Channing and his friends had continued to be recognized as the Liberal wing of its clergy?
None of them belonged to Congregational churches, and so, when Congregationalism came to the South after the war, it was entirely new to the former slaves and to those who had been their masters.
It will, therefore, be some time before Congregationalism will grow rapidly in the South.
Two alternatives, were theoretically possible, Congregationalism or state churches.
Calamy was an active member in the Westminster assembly of divines, and, refusing to advance to Congregationalism, found in Presbyterianism the middle course which best suited his views of theology and church government.
At the rate this latter was taking place it seems probable that had he lived to write another novel on a theme similar to this, his hero would have been compelled to abandon his belief in Presbyterianism, Congregationalism, Methodism, or some other ism before he would be found worthy of being joined in the marriage relation to his Episcopalian bride.
So the two young missionaries, each so desperately in love but lacking capacity to speak of it to the other, because they judged that Congregationalism would not approve, looked at each other in the noonday sunlight, and then looked away.