There is no other reference than the local congregation for the " visible church " in Congregationalism.

Congregationalism is more easily identified as a movement than a single denomination, given its distinguishing commitment to the complete autonomy of the local congregation.

His search for the true church eventually carried him out of Congregationalism, the Baptists, and any visible church.

Refusing to advance to Congregationalism, he found within Presbyterianism a middle course which best suited his views of theology and church government.

Its government structure is somewhat of a combination between Congregationalism and Presbyterianism, involving in each church the appointment of Elders.

He was a leader of New England Congregationalism, whose policy he defended and described in the tract Church Government and Church Covenant Discussed, in an Answer of the Elders of the Severall Churches of New England to Two and Thirty Questions ( written 1639 ; printed 1643 ), an answer for the ministers of the colony to 32 questions relating to church government that were propounded by the general court in 1639.

Appleton's father was a church deacon, and Nathan was brought up in " strictest form of Calvinistic Congregationalism.

The constitution of the denomination ( called in Welsh, Hen Gorff, i. e. the " Old Body ") is a mixture of Presbyterianism and Congregationalism ; each church manages its own affairs and reports ( I ) to the district meeting, ( 2 ) to the monthly meeting, the nature of each report determining its destination.

Congregationalism is not limited only to organization of Christian congregations ; the principles of congregationalism have been inherited by the Unitarian Universalist Association and the Canadian Unitarian Council.

* Congregationalism – Form of governance used in Congregationalist, Baptist, and Pentecostal churches in which each congregation is self-governing and independent of all others.

He published lectures such as the Atonement ( which is still in print ), sermons, the ' Manual of Congregational Principles ' ( also still in print ), and, at his death, he left an unfinished history of Congregationalism, revised by his son, A. W. W. Dale.

* Congregationalism, What it is, Whence it is, How it works, Why it is better than any other Form of Church Government, and its consequent Demands ( 1865 )

His philosophy is clearly influenced by his family's Congregationalism, by Enlightenment humanism, by Hegel's dialectical philosophy of history, and by the philosophers of Transcendentalism and the Second Great Awakening, such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller and Bronson Alcott.

A previous incumbent was ejected for nonconformity in 1662, and was probably a Presbyterian, since he is not mentioned as among the Congregationalists in the list to be found in R. Tudur Jones's History of Congregationalism.

The name is a reference to the Mayflower ship of the Pilgrims, honoring Piedmont's relationship to American Congregationalism.

For a summary of Congregationalism in Scotland see the paper presented to a joint meeting of the ministers of the United Reformed Church Synod and the Congregational Federation in Scotland by Rev'd A Paterson follow the link Congregationalism in Scotland

The movement's origination during the Second Great Awakening parallels the founding of numerous other indigenous American religions, especially in the Burned-over district of western New York state, and in the western territories of the United States, including the Adventist movement, the Jehovah's Witnesses, Christian Science ( which had roots in Congregationalism, but regarded itself as restorative ), and the Restoration Movement ( sometimes called the " Stone-Campbell Movement ", which include the Evangelical Christian Church in Canada, the Christian Church ( Disciples of Christ ), and the Churches of Christ ).

However, it also retains a historical tie to one of the successor denominations of American Congregationalism, the United Church of Christ.

However, a small but vocal minority of ministers and laymen protested the developments, charging that any merger with a confessional, presbyterial body such as the E & R Church would destroy the heritage and structure of American Congregationalism.

Gale's Congregationalism made him a natural ally of Goodwin, and may also have led to an association with John Owen, Vice-Chancellor of Oxford and President of Christ Church for much of this period.

* H. M. Dexter, Congregationalism during the last three hundred years ; The England and Holland of the Pilgrims ;

He was an authority on the history of Congregationalism and was lecturer on that subject at the Andover Theological Seminary in 1877-1879 ; he left his fine library on the Puritans in America to Yale University.

On the homefront, Congregationalism became primarily a grouping found among townspeople and affluent urban residents of New England, New York state, the Great Lakes region, portions of the Great Plains, and the Pacific Coast ; roughly speaking, the Northern United States.

This was not the first time American Congregationalism had been shaken to its foundations by theological change ; the Great Awakenings of the decades surrounding the turn of the 19th century had also left indelible marks upon the churches.

The Creeds and Platforms of Congregationalism, Williston Walker ; Douglas Horton, foreword.

Although Congregationalism eventually adopted Stoddard's stance on communion, Mather remained a formidable opponent.

The family raised him under the strict confines of Calvinist Congregationalism on a small farm in Royalton, Vermont.

The earmarks of Congregationalism can be traced back to the Pilgrim societies of the United States in the early 17th century.

Later Crosby's understanding of the Christian faith could be described as " rooted in Puritanism, developed by Methodism, warmed by the Holiness movement, and nourished by her Congregationalism ".

Significantly, the initiation and leadership of a major proportion of the reform movements, especially those in the first half of the nineteenth century, came from men and women of New England birth or parentage and from either Trinitarian or Unitarian Congregationalism.

One of the most notable characteristics of New England ( or British )- heritage Congregationalism has been its consistent leadership role in the formation of " unions " with other churches.

In " The Silver Key ", the character Randolph Carter attempts after losing access to dreams to seek solace in religion, specifically Congregationalism, but does not find it and ultimately loses faith.

Dwight was the leader of the evangelical New Divinity faction of Congregationalism — a group closely identified with Connecticut's emerging commercial elite.

** H. M. Dexter, The Congregationalism of the Last Three Hundred Years.

The South American Germans from Russia had learned about Congregationalism in letters from relatives in the United States.

Prompted by a controversy over an appointment in the theology school at Harvard, in 1825 the Unitarian churches separated from Congregationalism.

Tertullian used it somewhat differently – all victims of the arena were sacrificial in his eyes – and expressed the paradox of the arenarii as a class, from a Christian viewpoint:

This alternative viewpoint was best expressed in his 1961 paper May Man Prevail?

" Williams expressed this viewpoint most famously in a line from his poem " Asphodel, That Greeny Flower " in which he wrote:

He regarded his viewpoint as based on " simplicity " and expressed it as a Christian sensibility.

Some warmly welcome it and argue that it must lead Jews to reconsider their identity, a viewpoint expressed by a leading liberal Jewish publication.

This viewpoint was expressed by former Starland Vocal Band member Taffy Danoff in a 2002 interview for VH1's 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders: " We got two of the five Grammys-one was Best New Artist.

This is understandable as the book in which he expressed this viewpoint, Social Statics was published in 1851, 8 years before The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin.

This viewpoint was also expressed in an editorial on the Clone Wars Unofficial Website.

General Norman Schwarzkopf expressed the position over Israel more frankly in his 1992 autobiography: ' European Command also kept Israel, which from my viewpoint was a help: I'd have had difficulty impressing the Arabs with Central Command's grasp of geopolitical nuance if one of the stops on my itinerary had been Tel Aviv.

30 out of the 38 senators who were present at the time agreed this request and expressed the viewpoint that the program of KSČM does not disown violence as a means of attaining power and adopts The Communist Manifesto of Karl Marx.

Recognizing that congregational religious life was thriving, Wine believed that secular Jews who had rejected theism would be attracted to an organization that provided all the same forms and activities as, for example, Reform temples, but which expressed a purely Secular Humanistic viewpoint.

Villani often expressed an optimistic viewpoint in his writing ; this changed with the short-lived regime of Walter VI of Brienne, a despot invited to Florence and granted signoria.

The result would be the same if the viewpoint were expressed first, and the history written to order.

The job was extremely challenging for him, as he expressed it involved negotiating a common viewpoint among the many leaders of African states, each of whom had divergent opinions.

When a discrepant viewpoint is expressed in a communication message within the person's latitude of acceptance, the message is more likely to be assimilated or viewed as being closer to person's anchor, or own viewpoint, than it actually is.

A typical business viewpoint is expressed by the New Zealand Business Roundtable.

After the Heaven's Gate mass suicide event was linked by tabloids to an extreme fascination with science fiction and Star Trek in particular it was noted that multiple episodes, including " A Taste of Armageddon ", actually advocated an anti-suicide standpoint as opposed to the viewpoint expressed by the Heaven's Gate group.

A similar viewpoint is expressed by Cogburn ( 2003 ) who relates the collaboratory to a globally distributed knowledge work, stating that human-computer interaction ( HCI ) and user-centered design ( UCD ) principles are critical for organizations to take advantage of the opportunities of globalization and the emergence of an Information society.

It should also be noted that the namesake of the Calvinist systematic theological viewpoint, John Calvin, seemingly expressed an unlimited atonement position in several passages from his published Commentaries.