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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Primitive Christianity"”.
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Heresy and Popular Protestantism in England, 1527-1553
… in England of a contemporary movement to restore primitive Christianity together with an ethical religion based on Scripture. There was a deep current of what might be called "Protestant" feeling in England that had little to do with either the Henriclan Reformation or the doc trinal changes …
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Civil religion in Britain, 1707 - c.1800
… of civil religion sought to render Protestant Christianity a faith whose ecclesiology was compatible with the civil state and whose practice encouraged civilised society. It presents lay thinkers including Anthony Ashley Cooper, third earl of Shaftesbury, John Trenchard, Thomas Gordon, Henry St …
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Poor and Rich in the Epistle of James: a Socio-Historical and Exegetical Study
… context.</p> <p>The Epistle shows that in primitive Christianity there was a critical attitude of society, a concern with social justice, and a sensitivity to the needs of the oppressed. This research therefore presents the biblical scholar in general and the Third World theologian in …
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The Unity of the Church and Church Authority: a Comparative Study of the Views and Practice of Alexander Campbell and Ellen G. White
… that unity cannot occur without authentic Christianity. However, differing concepts of the underlying causes of disunity, along with differing views of what Christian unity looks like, result in two very different models for maintaining unity. The models are further impacted by the …
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William Cave (1637-1713) and the Fortunes of Historia Literaria in England
This thesis is the first full-length study of the English clergyman and historian William Cave (1637-1713). As one of a number of Restoration divines invested in exploring the lives and writings of the early Christians, Cave has nonetheless won only meagre interest from early-modernists in the past …