METHODIST NEW CONNEXION
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V18,
Page 297
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
METHODIST NEW CONNEXION
, a Protestant Nonconformist 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)
, formed in 1797 by secession from the Wesleyan Methodists, and merged in 1907 into the United Methodist Church (q.v.)
.
The secession was led by Alexander Kilham (q.v.), and resulted from a dispute regarding the position and rights of the laity, Kilham and his party desiring more power for the members of the Church and less for the ministers
.
In its conferences ministers and laymen were of equal number, the laymen being chosen by the circuits and in some cases by ". guardian representatives " elected for life by conference
.
Otherwise the doctrines and 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
of the Connexion were the same as those of the Wesleyans
.
At the 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
of the union with the Bible Christians and the' United Methodist Free Church in 1907 the Methodist New Connexion had some 250 ministers and 45,000 members
.
End of Article: METHODIST NEW CONNEXION
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