When Did Congregationalism Begin?
Congregationalism, Christian Movement That Arose in England in the Late 16Th and 17Th Centuries. It Occupies a Theological Position Somewhere Between...
Congregationalism, Christian movement that arose in England in the late 16th and 17th centuries. It occupies a theological position somewhere between Presbyterianism and the more radical Protestantism of the Baptists and Quakers.
When did Puritans become Congregationalists?
The Congregational tradition was brought to America in the 1620s and 1630s by the Puritans—a Calvinistic group within the Church of England that desired to purify it of any remaining teachings and practices of the Roman Catholic Church.
What is the origin of the Congregational Church?
The origins of Congregationalism are found in 16th-century Puritanism, a movement that sought to complete the English Reformation begun with the separation of the Church of England from the Catholic Church during the reign of Henry VIII (1509–47).
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