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Lyon, William H.

 
9781331230083: Study of the Sects (Classic Reprint)
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ISBN 10: 133123008X ISBN 13: 9781331230083
Editorial: Forgotten Books, 2018

Sinopsis

Mapping Christian Sects offers a concise tour of beliefs, worship, and governance across Christian traditions.

This guide surveys how different groups organize faith, preach, and practice their faith. It covers major Protestant families, with careful notes on doctrine, church structure, and religious liberty. The book helps readers compare approaches to baptism, the Sabbath, the role of clergy, and how communities decide matters of faith.

  • Explore how Presbyterians structure their churches and courts, from pastors to presbyters, presbyteries, and the General Assembly.
  • Understand key topics like predestination, atonement, grace, and the balance between sovereignty and human freedom.
  • See how Presbyterian ideas evolved in history and how they relate to other Protestant and Catholic traditions.
  • Find questions and context that support clear thinking about church governance and doctrine.
Ideal for readers of religious history, theology students, and anyone curious about how Protestant groups organize belief and practice across time and place.

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Reseña del editor

Excerpt from Study of the Sects

The manifold nature of the subject has involved an amount of labor not likely to be appreciated by any one who has not attempted something of the same kind. Yet the necessity of giving to it only the fragments of a busy life may well have left it lacking in unity as well as mistaken on single points. As I review the extent of ground covered and the number of questions answered which have puzzled the saints and the ages, I fear to draw upon myself the latter half of the judgment pronounced upon Whewell, that science was his forte, and omnisci ence his foible. Still more do I tremble at my temerity in daring to state the belief of Unitarians, Which I have done against my wish and at the request of the Society which publishes the manual. Yet some such book seems to be needed, - is certainly demanded; and this may serve till a better one takes its place.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from Study of the Sects

This manual has been prepared at the request of the Unitarian Sunday-School Society for the use of the older classes in the schools to which that valuable body ministers. It may also be found useful to adult readers. Its aim is to present on the one hand a just and sympathetic account of the history and beliefs of the various bodies considered, and on the other hand to show plainly wherein Unitarians differ from them; to counteract the bigotry and conceit from which Unitarians have by no means freed themselves, and at the same time to show how weak and inconsistent is the position of those Unitarians who are anxious to have it understood that there is not, after all, much difference between them and their Evangelical brethren. The fundamental idea of this book is that the difference between the. two parties is as great as that between the Evangelicals and the Catholics, or would be if our Orthodox friends would stand still long enough to be photographed distinctly. The study of this subject and the consultations I have had with various representative men have surprised me by revealing the state of confusion and change in which all beliefs except those of the Roman Catholics now exist.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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2018
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9781331230083
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