单词 | plymouth brethren |
释义 | Plymouth Brethrenn. A Protestant Christian religious movement originally formed in Dublin in the 1820s and established in Plymouth c1830, recognizing no official order of ministers, and having no formal creed. Cf the Brethren at brother n. 8b.The beliefs of the Plymouth Brethren generally include premillennialism and dispensationalism and some aspects of Calvinism. In 1849 the movement split into two wings (see Exclusive Brethren n. at exclusive adj. and n. Additions and Open Brethren n. at open adj. Compounds 3). In popular usage the name Plymouth Brethren tends to be associated with characteristics of the former, more rigorous, group. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Plymouth Brethren > [noun] > person > collective Brethren1581 Plymouth Brethren1838 saint1838 1838 Hereford Times 31 Mar. 4/1 We will, therefore, give an account of the different religious sects and of the Established Church of Hereford, and see how far they are borne out in their assertion; this will best appear from the average congregation of the respective places of worship, which is nearly as follows... Plymouth Brethren... 50. 1843 R. M. Beverley Church Eng. Examined 1 The views of those whom he chooses to call ‘the Plymouth Brethren’. 1865 Chambers's Encycl. VII. 614 The Plymouth Brethren reject every distinctive appellation but that of Christians. 1896 M. Hamilton Across Ulster Bog vi. 57 The greatest excitements of her life—next always to ‘the twelfth’—had been occasional Methodist or Plymouth Brethren meetings. 1960 Times 28 Jan. 15/5 Religious rivalries from Salvationists to Plymouth Brethren—united in hatred of the ‘Mickeys’ or Catholics. 1970 Redemption Tidings 13 Aug. 7/1 It is from the Plymouth Brethren that we inherit the central significance we attach to the Lord's Table. 1995 Faith Today Mar.–Apr. 35/1 My very earliest memories of worship are in a Plymouth Brethren assembly. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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