The Church, the Falling Away, and the Restoration
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- THE CHURCH, THE FALLING AWAY, AND THE RESTORATION
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- PART I. The Church.
- CHAPTER I. WHAT SHOULD THE CHURCH OF THE PRESENT BE?
- CHAPTER II. THE CHURCH AND THE TEMPLE
- CHAPTER III. INFANT BAPTISM
- CHAPTER IV. CONDITIONS OF MEMBERSHIP
- CONDITIONS OF ADMISSION
- AGENCIES
- CONDITIONS
- CONDITIONS OF CONTINUED MEMBERSHIP
- CHAPTER V. THE WORSHIP
- THE APOSTLES’ TEACHING
- THE FELLOWSHIP
- BREAKING BREAD
- PRAYERS
- SINGING
- CHAPTER VI. POLITY
- THE WORD OF GOD
- NAMES
- CONGREGATIONAL INDEPENDENCE
- ELDERS
- DEACONS
- EVANGELISTS
- PART II The Falling Away
- CHAPTER I. THE FALLING AWAY PREDICTED
- CHAPTER II. THE FALLING AWAY
- CHAPTER III. THE CONFESSIONAL
- CHAPTER IV. INDULGENCES
- JOHN TETZEL
- PART III The Reformation in Europe
- CHAPTER I. JOHN WYCKLIFFE
- TRANSLATES THE BIBLE INTO ENGLISH
- CHAPTER II. William Tyndale
- ERASMUS ARRIVES IN ENGLAND
- TYNDALE RESOLVES TO TRANSLATE THE BIBLE INTO ENGLISH
- GOES TO HAMBURG
- BISHOP OF LONDON SUPPLIES MONEY TO PRINT BIBLES
- BETRAYED AND MURDERED
- CHAPTER III. MARTIN LUTHER
- A FRIEND INDEED
- BECOMES A MONK
- MAKES A PILGRIMAGE TO ROME
- PROFESSOR OF THEOLOGY AT WITTENBURG
- THE NINETY-FIVE THESES
- DEBATES WITH JOHN ECK AND BURNS THE PAPAL BULL
- BEFORE THE DIET OF WORMS
- UNDER IMPERIAL BAN
- A CHANGE COMES OVER LUTHER
- RETAINS THAT WHICH THE SCRIPTURES DO NOT EXPRESSLY FORBID
- ORIGIN OF PROTESTANTISM
- CHAPTER IV. THE REFORMATION IN SWITZERLAND
- CHAPTER V. THE REFORMATION IN ENGLAND
- CHANGES MADE BY EDWARD VI.
- “BLOODY MARY”
- ELIZABETH, THE PROTESTANT QUEEN
- CHAPTER VI. THE REFORMATION IN SCOTLAND
- THE INDEPENDENTS
- HALDANE AND AIKMAN
- THE SCOTCH BAPTISTS
- THE SEPARATISTS
- PART IV The Restoration Movement in America
- CHAPTER I. SPIRITUAL UNREST IN MANY PLACES
- CHAPTER II. BARTON W. STONE
- CONFRONTED BY MANY DIFFICULTIES
- ORDAINED TO THE MINISTRY
- REMARKABLE MEETING AT CANE RIDGE
- “A TIME OF DISTRESS”
- THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF THE SPRINGFIELD PRESBYTERY
- THE WITNESSES’ ADDRESS
- PRACTICES MODIFIED IN MANY PARTICULARS
- “SHAKERISM”
- THE WORK PROSPERS
- CHAPTER III. Thomas Campbell
- CONFLICT WITH THE SECEDERS
- THE DECLARATION AND ADDRESS
- CHAPTER IV. ALEXANDER CAMPBELL
- SUBJECT AND ACT OF BAPTISM SETTLED
- THE REDSTONE ASSOCIATION
- A WIDER FIELD
- The Campbell-McCalla Discussion
- VISITS THE KENTUCKY BAPTISTS
- CHAPTER VII. JOHN SMITH
- SOUL STRUGGLES
- DESIRES TO PREACH
- TERRIBLE CALAMITY
- PREACHES AT CRAB ORCHARD
- THE CHRISTIAN BAPTIST
- FETTERS CAST OFF
- RESOLVES TO PREACH THE SIMPLE GOSPEL
- “Ancient Order of Things” Among the Baptists In Kentucky
- CHAPTER VIII. WALTER SCOTT
- A SINCERE TRUTH SEEKER
- TURNING POINT IN HIS LIFE
- WALTER SCOTT
- REFORMERS IN OTHER STATES JOHN WRIGHT
- HERMAN CHRISTIAN DASHER
- CHAPTER IX. THE CHRISTIANS AND REFORMERS UNITE
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