单词	Congregationalism
释义	Congregationalism /kɒŋɡrɪˈɡeɪʃ(ə)n(ə)lɪz(ə)m / noun [mass noun] A system of organization among Christian churches whereby individual local churches are largely self-governing.Separation of the Unitarians from the orthodox Calvinists was complicated by the status of Congregationalism as the established church of Massachusetts until 1833.... We know that from the earliest decades of their enslaved sojourn in North America, some Africans converted to Christianity, e.g., Congregationalism, Anglicanism, and Quakerism. This dominant social class was, however, marked by religious crisis, with that great Boston oddity, Unitarianism, constituting a rebellion against traditional Calvinist Congregationalism. Derivatives Congregationalist /ˌkɒŋɡrɪˈɡeɪʃ(ə)n(ə)lɪst / noun & adjective ... This was also true for the Protestant denominations, including the Methodists, Presbyterians, Congregationalists, Unitarians, Baptists, and Quakers. Their disputes with the Church of England led to the formation of the Presbyterian and Congregationalist churches in the 1600's. The patterns of religious hegemony that formed Presbyterians and Methodists, Lutherans and Baptists, Catholics and Congregationalists have all dissipated since World War II.
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