A Dissertation Historical And Critical On The Christian Ministry Classic Reprint

Author : Errett Gates
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780243083770
Total Pages : 128 pages
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Download or read book The Early Relation and Separation of Baptists and Disciples written by Errett Gates and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-01-19 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Early Relation and Separation of Baptists and Disciples: A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate Divinity School in Candidacy for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Department of Church History) Every religious movement owes its origin to some leading person or persons; Protestantism to Luther and Zwingli, Methodism to Wesley. So the Disciples of Christ owe their origin to the joint thought and labors of two men, Thomas and Alexander Campbell, father and son. Various phases and tendencies of a religious move ment may be traceable to conditions back of its accredited founder, as many phases of Protestantism to the reformers before the reforma tion, and many tendencies in Methodism to the Moravians and European Pietists. So there are discernible back of the Campbells, tendencies in religious thought which became dominant forces in their movement. No religious movement arises out of the earth or comes down from heaven regardless of past or present conditions. Single lives combine in themselves scattered tendencies, either hidden or apparent, and concentrate them into a historic movement. It takes then a distinct and traceable course and receives a distinguishing name. Thomas Campbell was born in County Down, Ireland, February 1, 1763. His father had been in early life a Roman Catholic, but was won over later to the established church of England. In the atmos phere of that religious system Thomas was brought up. He never quite found satisfaction, however, in serving God according to act of parliament, and soon sought the fellowship of a neighboring Seceder - Presbyterian Church. He is said to have passed through a deep religious experience, in which he found that inward peace and assurance of forgiveness, which he accepted as evidence of an effectual calling. The moment of his conversion was the moment of his dedication to the ministry. He had received an excellent Eng lish education in a military regimental school and became a school teacher. After his call to the ministry he was urged by some of his Seceder friends to enter the University of Glasgow. After completing his literary course at the University, he passed into the anti-burgher Seceder Theological Seminary for his special ministerial training. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.