congregationalism
1Congregationalism — • The successful establishment of the New England colonies was an event of the utmost importance in the development of Congregationalism, a term preferred by the American Puritans to Independency and gradually adopted by their coreligionists in… …
2Congregationalism — Congregationalism is a Protestant movement that grew out of the Reformation in England and evolved into several major denominations. It has always stressed a church polity that keeps power in the individual congregation. Congregationalism… …
3Congregationalism — Con gre*ga tion*al*ism, n. 1. That system of church organization which vests all ecclesiastical power in the assembled brotherhood of each local church. [1913 Webster] 2. The faith and polity of the Congregational churches, taken collectively.… …
4Congregationalism — may refer to: Congregationalist polity – a form of church governance based on the local congregation The Congregational churches – a family of denominations known for a congregationalist form of governance See also Congregational Church… …
5congregaţionalism — CONGREGAŢIONALÍSM s. n. mişcare protestantă din Anglia, care revendica autonomia bisericilor locale faţă de stat şi nega ierarhia ecleziastică. (< fr. congrégationalisme) Trimis de raduborza, 15.09.2007. Sursa: MDN …
6congregationalism — [käŋ΄grə gā′shə nəliz΄əm, kän΄grə gā′shə nəl iz΄əm] n. 1. a form of church organization in which each local congregation is self governing 2. [C ] the beliefs and practices of a Protestant denomination in which each member church is self… …
7congregationalism — congregationalist, n., adj. /kong gri gay sheuh nl iz euhm/, n. 1. a form of Protestant church government in which each local religious society is independent and self governing. 2. (cap.) the system of government and doctrine of Congregational… …
8congregationalism — noun see congregational …
9congregationalism — noun Any of several forms of church organization in which each congregation is responsible for its own government See Also: congregationalist …
10Congregationalism — noun A system of self governing Protestant churches …
