Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A type of church government in which each local congregation is self-governing.
- noun The system of government and religious beliefs of a Protestant denomination in which each member church is self-governing.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A system of church government based upon the autonomy of the individual congregation.
- noun [capitalized] The system of ecclesiastical polity and religious doctrine maintained by the Congregational Church. See
congregationalist , 2.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun That system of church organization which vests all ecclesiastical power in the assembled brotherhood of each local church.
- noun The faith and polity of the Congregational churches, taken collectively.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of several forms of
church organization in which eachcongregation is responsible for its owngovernment
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun system of beliefs and church government of a Protestant denomination in which each member church is self-governing
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Examples
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Boland said that one of his pet peeves was the "congregationalism" in churches.
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Limits of Unitarian Universalist congregationalism: "Unitarian Universalism" exists beyond the limits of congregational affiliation, and beyond the formal boundaries of the UUA.
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Some people identify "Unitarian Universalism" with liberal religious congregationalism.
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Next: Limits of Unitarian Universalist congregationalism.
Philocrites: Sinkford asks for patience on youth, young adult changes. 2008
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The conversation about the limits of Unitarian Universalist congregationalism is one of the richest I've ever hosted in five years on this site.
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Previous: Limits of Unitarian Universalist congregationalism.
Philocrites: Sinkford: Continental YRUU will be replaced. 2008
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The odd place that we find ourselves today with Unitarian Universalism and the UUA is due in part to our embracing of non-creedalism and dencentralized authority through congregationalism coming historically from a Protestant Christian framework.
Humanist Parents Recreating Religious Community Steve Caldwell 2008
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The conversation about the limits of Unitarian Universalist congregationalism is one of the richest I've ever hosted in five years on this site.
Philocrites: Baptism is more than signing a membership book. 2008
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The alternative to renewal as a unified movement could instead be a further move towards radical congregationalism - and for UUism to exist more as an umbrella group of various congregations and movements.
"Postchristianity" and the Future of Unitarian Universalism in North America (Part II) Steve Caldwell 2008
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Oops, I need to pay better attention, I meant to put that last comment in the congregationalism thread.
Philocrites: Baptism is more than signing a membership book. 2008
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