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Title: Religious denominations of the world: comprising a general view of the origin, history, and condition, of the various sects of Christians, the Jews and Mahometans, as well as the pagan forms of religion existing in the different countries of the earth; with sketches of the founders of various religious sects
Year: 1860 (1860s)
Authors: Milner, Vincent L Adams, Hannah, 1755-1831
Subjects: Religions
Publisher: Philadelphia, J. W. Bradley
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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ndents is,that they are less attached to Calvinism, and consequentlyadmit a greater latitude of religious sentiment. It maybe added, that their mode of admitting members into com-munion differs from that commonly practised among thePresbyterians. Recently a remarkable change has taken place in theecclesiastical arrangements of the English Presbyterians.The Free Church of Scotland has erected its banner in Eng-land, and is now rallying its forces. The character of thisnew Presbyterian church in England, is the same with thatof the Free Church. The general principles of its doc-trines, order of worship and government, may be found inthe article on American Presbyterians. Under the care of the Presbyterian Synod of England,besides a Theological College, there are seven Presby-teries, viz.: Berwick-on-Tweed, Birmingham, Cumberland,Lancashire, London, Newcastle-on-Tyne, and Northumber-land. In these Presbyteries there are 73 clergymen, 78churches, and 2 foreign missionaries. The Synod also
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AMERICAN PRESBYTERIANS. Ill attends to various schemes of benevolence, among whichare prominent, foreign and home missions, and ministerialeducation. Considering the comparatively short time inwhich this progress has been made, it appears to be highlyencouraging. AMERICAN PRESBYTERIANS. The word Presbyterian is often used in a wide sense ascharacterizing a large portion of the Protestant church.It embraces all those denominations which are opposed toprelacy. In prelatical church government and usages, alarge number of sects are included. Thus, the GreekChurch alone is made up of The Greek Church proper, The Russian Greek Church, The Georgian and Min-grelian Churches, The Nestorian Churches, 4TheChristians of St. Thomas, The Jacobites, The Copts, The Abyssinians, The Armenians, and many otherminor denominations. The Roman Church, The Eng-lish Episcopal Church, and The American EpiscopalChurch, are also each of them a portion of that greatfamily of churches included under the term Prela

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