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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_103569" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_103569" /> == | ||
<p> (1): (n.) That system of church organization which vests all ecclesiastical power in the assembled brotherhood of each local church. </p> <p> (2): (n.) The faith and polity of the Congregational churches, taken collectively. </p> | <p> '''(1):''' (n.) That system of church organization which vests all ecclesiastical power in the assembled brotherhood of each local church. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (n.) The faith and polity of the Congregational churches, taken collectively. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_71429" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_71429" /> == | ||
<p> The ecclesiastical system which regards each congregation of believers in | <p> 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's body. It took its rise in [[England]] about 1571, and the most prominent name connected with its establishment is that of [[Robert Brown]] ( <i> q. v </i> .), who seceded from the Church of England and formed a church in [[Norwich]] in 1580. The body was called [[Brownists]] after him, and Separatists, as well as "Independents." The several congregations are now united in what is called "The Congregational Union of England and Wales." </p> | ||
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