• (n.) The faith and polity of the Congregational churches, taken collectively. • (n.) That system of church organization which vests all ecclesiastical power in the assembled brotherhood of each local church.
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Christian movement that arose in England in the late 16th and 17th centuries. It occupies a theological position somewhere between Presbyterianism ... [15 related articles]
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Form of church government adopted by those Protestant Christians known as Congregationalists, who let each congregation manage its own affairs. The first Congregationalists established themselves in...
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Con`gre·ga'tion·al·ism noun 1. That system of church organization which vests all ecclesiastical power in the assembled brotherhood of each local church.
2. The faith and polity of the Congregational churches, taken collectively. » In this sense (which is its usual significatio...
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A system of church governance in which the members hold most of the power, such as electing the clergy and making other major decisions. 2) Congregationalism can also refer to the church tradition stemming from the English Puritans of the 17th century and now found in the United States in the United Church of Christ and smaller Congregationalist bo...
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n] - system of beliefs and church government of a Protestant denomination in which each member church is self-governing
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noun system of beliefs and church government of a Protestant denomination in which each member church is self-governing
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Form of church government adopted by those Protestant Christians known as Congregationalists, who let each congregation manage its own affairs. The first Congregationalists established themselves in London, England, and were called the Brownists after Robert Browne, who defined the congregational principle in 1580. They opposed King James I and wer...
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a form of Protestant church government in which each local religious society is independent and self-governing. · (cap.) the system of government and doctrine of Congregational churches.
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