The Church, the Falling Away, and the Restoration

About this eBook

Author

Shepherd, J. W. (James Walton), 1861-1948

Credits

Produced by Stephen Hutcheson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

BX: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Christianity: Churches, Church movements

Subject

Churches of Christ -- Doctrines

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 58998

Release Date

March 3, 2019

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE CHURCH, THE FALLING AWAY, AND THE RESTORATION
2. 2.CONTENTS
3. 3.PREFACE
4. 4.PART I. The Church. — CHAPTER I. WHAT SHOULD THE CHURCH OF THE PRESENT BE? — CHAPTER II. THE CHURCH AND THE TEMPLE — CHAPTER III. INFANT BAPTISM — CHAPTER IV. CONDITIONS OF MEMBERSHIP — CONDITIONS OF ADMISSION — AGENCIES — CONDITIONS — CONDITIONS OF CONTINUED MEMBERSHIP — CHAPTER V. THE WORSHIP — THE APOSTLES’ TEACHING — THE FELLOWSHIP — BREAKING BREAD — PRAYERS — SINGING — CHAPTER VI. POLITY — THE WORD OF GOD — NAMES — CONGREGATIONAL INDEPENDENCE — ELDERS — DEACONS — EVANGELISTS
5. 5.PART II The Falling Away — CHAPTER I. THE FALLING AWAY PREDICTED — CHAPTER II. THE FALLING AWAY — CHAPTER III. THE CONFESSIONAL — CHAPTER IV. INDULGENCES — JOHN TETZEL
6. 6.PART III The Reformation in Europe — CHAPTER I. JOHN WYCKLIFFE — TRANSLATES THE BIBLE INTO ENGLISH — CHAPTER II. William Tyndale — ERASMUS ARRIVES IN ENGLAND — TYNDALE RESOLVES TO TRANSLATE THE BIBLE INTO ENGLISH — GOES TO HAMBURG — BISHOP OF LONDON SUPPLIES MONEY TO PRINT BIBLES — BETRAYED AND MURDERED — CHAPTER III. MARTIN LUTHER — A FRIEND INDEED — BECOMES A MONK — MAKES A PILGRIMAGE TO ROME — PROFESSOR OF THEOLOGY AT WITTENBURG — THE NINETY-FIVE THESES — DEBATES WITH JOHN ECK AND BURNS THE PAPAL BULL — BEFORE THE DIET OF WORMS — UNDER IMPERIAL BAN — A CHANGE COMES OVER LUTHER — RETAINS THAT WHICH THE SCRIPTURES DO NOT EXPRESSLY FORBID — ORIGIN OF PROTESTANTISM — CHAPTER IV. THE REFORMATION IN SWITZERLAND — CHAPTER V. THE REFORMATION IN ENGLAND — CHANGES MADE BY EDWARD VI. — “BLOODY MARY” — ELIZABETH, THE PROTESTANT QUEEN — CHAPTER VI. THE REFORMATION IN SCOTLAND — THE INDEPENDENTS — HALDANE AND AIKMAN — THE SCOTCH BAPTISTS — THE SEPARATISTS
7. 7.PART IV The Restoration Movement in America — CHAPTER I. SPIRITUAL UNREST IN MANY PLACES — CHAPTER II. BARTON W. STONE — CONFRONTED BY MANY DIFFICULTIES — ORDAINED TO THE MINISTRY — REMARKABLE MEETING AT CANE RIDGE — “A TIME OF DISTRESS” — THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF THE SPRINGFIELD PRESBYTERY — THE WITNESSES’ ADDRESS — PRACTICES MODIFIED IN MANY PARTICULARS — “SHAKERISM” — THE WORK PROSPERS — CHAPTER III. Thomas Campbell — CONFLICT WITH THE SECEDERS — THE DECLARATION AND ADDRESS — CHAPTER IV. ALEXANDER CAMPBELL — SUBJECT AND ACT OF BAPTISM SETTLED — THE REDSTONE ASSOCIATION — A WIDER FIELD — The Campbell-McCalla Discussion — VISITS THE KENTUCKY BAPTISTS — CHAPTER VII. JOHN SMITH — SOUL STRUGGLES — DESIRES TO PREACH — TERRIBLE CALAMITY — PREACHES AT CRAB ORCHARD — THE CHRISTIAN BAPTIST — FETTERS CAST OFF — RESOLVES TO PREACH THE SIMPLE GOSPEL — “Ancient Order of Things” Among the Baptists In Kentucky — CHAPTER VIII. WALTER SCOTT — A SINCERE TRUTH SEEKER — TURNING POINT IN HIS LIFE — WALTER SCOTT — REFORMERS IN OTHER STATES JOHN WRIGHT — HERMAN CHRISTIAN DASHER — CHAPTER IX. THE CHRISTIANS AND REFORMERS UNITE
8. 8.Transcriber’s Notes

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