The Genesis of the New England ChurchesLeonard Bacon (February 19, 1802 - December 24, 1881) was an American Congregational preacher and writer. He held the pulpit of the First Church New Haven and was later professor of church history and polity at Yale College. From 1825 until his death he was pastor of the First Church (Congregational) in New Haven, Connecticut, occupying a pulpit which was one of the most conspicuous in New England. He was early attracted to the study of the ecclesiastical history of New England and was frequently called upon to deliver commemorative addresses, some of which were published in book and pamphlet form. The most important of his historical works is his Genesis of the New England Churches (1874). |
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... parish episcopacy . While the mother church in a city - the principal and cen- tral congregation - had its full staff of presbyters , the bishop's advisers and helpers , it naturally followed that the subordi- nate congregations which ...
... parish episcopacy . While the mother church in a city - the principal and cen- tral congregation - had its full staff of presbyters , the bishop's advisers and helpers , it naturally followed that the subordi- nate congregations which ...
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... parishes , watching over their own flocks , serving their neighbors in the ministrations of religion , and responsible each to his own bishop , were thought to be not sufficiently cut off from hu- man relations and sympathies . Though ...
... parishes , watching over their own flocks , serving their neighbors in the ministrations of religion , and responsible each to his own bishop , were thought to be not sufficiently cut off from hu- man relations and sympathies . Though ...
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... parish ministers and their assistants ) , and officers for the care of the poor , 1 and to decide on any other matter that concerns the whole Church . " Accordingly , " said the author of the plan , " we ordain that in every parish ...
... parish ministers and their assistants ) , and officers for the care of the poor , 1 and to decide on any other matter that concerns the whole Church . " Accordingly , " said the author of the plan , " we ordain that in every parish ...
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... parish . It was to be constituted , not by including all baptized inhabitants , but by a separation . of its members from such as were not willing to submit them- selves to the word of God , and by mutual agreement . The church thus ...
... parish . It was to be constituted , not by including all baptized inhabitants , but by a separation . of its members from such as were not willing to submit them- selves to the word of God , and by mutual agreement . The church thus ...
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... parish the brotherhood of believers was to be , simply and purely , a spiritual democracy under Christ . Another part of the platform made provision for a yearly synod of the churches , which was to be " composed of the assembled ...
... parish the brotherhood of believers was to be , simply and purely , a spiritual democracy under Christ . Another part of the platform made provision for a yearly synod of the churches , which was to be " composed of the assembled ...
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Page 105 - And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them 'which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
Page 28 - Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone ; if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church : but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.
Page 27 - And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul : neither said any of them that aught of the things which he possessed was his own } but they had all things common.
Page 321 - Having undertaken, for the glory of God and advancement of the Christian faith and honor of our king and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia...
Page 310 - ... to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Page 310 - Being thus arrived in a good harbor and brought safe to land, they fell upon their knees and blessed the God of heaven, who had brought them over the vast and furious ocean, and delivered them from all the perils and miseries thereof, againe to set their feet on the firm and stable earth,. their proper element.
Page 22 - Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you, seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business ; but we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.
Page 137 - Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut, where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
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Page 426 - There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us. Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people. But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the LORD.