“The Last Will and Testament of Springfield Presbytery" from the Perspective of Presbyterian History
In June 1804, at Cane Ridge, Kentucky, a group of dissident Presbyterian ministers renounced the idea of denominationalism—and of any creed but the Bible. Their action was one of the origins of the so-called Restoration or “Christian" movement, from which, among other groups, today's Disci...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2005
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The journal of Presbyterian history
Year: 2005, Volume: 83, Issue: 1, Pages: 71-83 |
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| Summary: | In June 1804, at Cane Ridge, Kentucky, a group of dissident Presbyterian ministers renounced the idea of denominationalism—and of any creed but the Bible. Their action was one of the origins of the so-called Restoration or “Christian" movement, from which, among other groups, today's Disciples of Christ sprang. Yet even as they rejected much of their theological tradition, the signers of “The Last Will and Testament" remained products of a long debate about creeds initiated by their Presbyterian forebears. |
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