See also:GLASITES, or SANDEMANIANS
,I a See also:Christian See also:sect, founded in See also:Scotland by See also:John See also:Glas (q.v.)
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It spread into See also:England and See also:America, but is now practically See also:extinct
.
Glas dissented from the See also:Westminster See also:Confession only in his views as to the spiritual nature of the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church and the functions of the See also:civil See also:magistrate
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But his son-in-See also:law See also:Robert See also:Sandeman added a distinctive See also:doctrine as to the nature of faith which is thus stated on his tombstone: " That the See also:bare See also:death of Jesus See also:Christ without a thought or See also:deed on the See also:part of See also:man, is sufficient to See also:present the See also:chief of sinners spotless before See also:God." In a See also:series of letters to See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James See also:Hervey, the author of Theron and See also:Aspasia, he maintained that justifying faith is a See also:simple assent to the divine testimony concerning Jesus Christ, differing in no way in its See also:character from belief in any See also:ordinary testimony
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In their practice the Glasite churches aimed at a strict conformity with the See also:primitive type of See also:Christianity as understood by them
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Each See also:congregation had a See also:plurality of elders, pastors or bishops, who were chosen according to what were believed to be the instructions of See also:Paul, without regard to previous See also:education or present occupation, and who enjoy a perfect equality in See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office
.
To have been married a second See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time disqualified for ordination, or for continued See also:tenure of the office of See also:bishop
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In all the See also:action of the church unanimity was considered to be necessary; if any member differed in See also:opinion from the See also:rest, he must either surrender his See also:judgment to that of the church, or be shut out from its communion
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To join in See also:prayer with any one not a member of the See also:denomination was regarded as unlawful, and even to eat or drink with one who had been excommunicated was held to be wrong
.
The See also:Lord's Supper was observed weekly; and between forenoon and afternoon service every See also:Sunday a love feast was held at which every member was required to be present
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Mutual exhortation was practised at all the meetings for divine service, when any member who had the See also:gift of speech (xhpevµa) was allowed to speak
.
The practice of washing one another's feet was at one time observed; and it was for a See also:long time customary for each See also:brother and See also:sister to receive new members, on See also:admission, with a See also:holy See also:kiss
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" Things strangled " and " See also:blood " were rigorously abstained from; the See also:lot was regarded as sacred; the See also:accumulation of See also:wealth they held to be unscriptural and improper, and each member considered his See also:property as liable to be called upon at any time to meet the wants of the poor and the necessities of the church
.
Churches of this See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order were founded in See also:Paisley, See also:Glasgow, See also:Edinburgh, See also:Leith, See also:Arbroath, See also:Montrose, See also:Aberdeen, See also:Dunkeld, See also:Cupar, See also:Galashiels, See also:Liverpool and See also:London, where See also:Michael See also:Faraday was long an See also:elder
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Their exclusiveness in practice, neglect of education for the See also:ministry, and the antinomian tendency of their doctrine contributed to their See also:dissolution
.
Many See also:Glasites joined the See also:general See also:body of Scottish
Congregationalists, and the sect may now be considered extinct
.
The last of the Sandemanian churches in America ceased to
exist in 189o
.
See James See also:Ross, See also:History of Congregational Independency in Scotland (Glasgow, 1900)
.
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