Reviving the Ancient Faith: The Story of Churches of Christ in America
Ebook
Overview
A history of the churches of Christ in America with emphasis on who they are and why. Fourteen chapters with pictures of Restoration leaders from both the 19th and 20th centuries.
Top Highlights
“Stone, on the other hand, held that the kingdom of God transcends the church on this earth.” (source)
“Its power had been so strong for so many for so long that it continued in many locales as a formal orthodoxy until World War II, when it suffered another major decline. From that time on, a gradual disintegration of the pacifist sentiment persisted until, by the time of the Vietnam War in the 1960s, pacifism had almost entirely vanished from the fellowship.” (source)
“Campbell's ultimate concern was for the kingdom of God, the millennium on earth. In Campbell's mind, unity was merely a means to the millennial dawn, and restoration a basis for unity.” (source)
“this way, ironically, they built a sect on the foundation of the original vision of ‘‘nondenominational’’ Christianity.” (source)
“Campbell's position as rational progressive primitivism” (source)
Product Details
- Title : Reviving the Ancient Faith: The Story of Churches of Christ in America
- Author: Hughes, Richard T.
- Publisher: Leafwood Publishers
- Publication Date: 2011
- ISBN: 9780891128557
