congregationalism

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会众主义,聚会主义,会众制,会众论

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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- : a form of Protestant church government in which each local religious society is independent and self-governing.
- : the system of government and doctrine of Congregational churches.

Preston Congregationalism is a very good, a very respectable, and a very quarrelsome creature.
I must now pass from local and personal affairs to notice a movement in Congregationalism at large.
(for their sakes we say it,) the Congregationalism of New-England governs it.
Congregationalism is not largely represented in Kensington, and mainly centres in one or two Churches, viz.
Congregationalism was still in the ascendancy when it ceased to banish Baptists and to whip Quakers.