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CHRISTIAN CONNECTION

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 279 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CHRISTIAN CONNECTION , a See also:denomination of Christians in See also:North See also:America formed by See also:secession, under See also:James O'See also:Kelly (1735-1826), of members of the Methodist Episcopal See also:Church in North Carolina in 1793. The See also:movement resembled those under the Campbells and See also:Stone in See also:Kentucky in 1801-1804, and in Lyndon, See also:Vermont, among the See also:Baptists in 1800. The predisposing cause in each See also:case was the See also:desire to be See also:free from the " bondage of creed." Some of O'Kelly's followers joined the Disciples of See also:Christ (q.v.). Their See also:form of church See also:government is Congregational; they take the See also:Bible as the See also:sole See also:rule of faith and practice, and while adopting See also:immersion as the proper mode of See also:baptism, freely welcome Christians of every See also:sect to their communion. They number about 100,000 members, mainly in the states of See also:Ohio, See also:Indiana and See also:Illinois. The See also:original seceders in See also:Virginia and North Carolina See also:bore for a See also:time the name " Republican Methodists," and then called themselves simply "Christians," a designation which with the See also:pronunciation "Christ-yans" is still often applied to them. Their position is curiously akin to that outlined by See also:William See also:Chillingworth (q.v.) in his famous See also:work The See also:Religion of Protestants (1637-1638).

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