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See also:UNITED BRETHREN IN See also:CHRIST ,' an See also:American religious See also:sect which originated in the last See also:part of the 18th See also:century under the leadership of See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William Otterbein (1726-1813), pastor of the Second Reformed 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 in See also:Baltimore, and See also:- MARTIN (Martinus)
- MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
- MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
- MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
- MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
- MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
- MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
- MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
- MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
- MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
- MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)
Martin See also:Boehm (172 1812), a Pennsylvanian Mennonite of Swiss descent. Otterbein and Boehm licensed some of their followers to preach and did a See also:great See also:work, especially through class-meetings of a Wesleyan type;2 in 1789 they held a formal See also:conference at Baltimore, and in 1800, at a conference near See also:Frederick See also:City, See also:Maryland, the Church was organized under its See also:present name, and Otterbein and Boehm were chosen its first bishops or superintendents. The ecclesiastical polity of the Church is Wesleyan and its See also:theology is Arminian: there is no hard-and-fast See also:rule about See also:baptism. Bishops are elected for four years. The first delegated See also:general conference met at See also:Mount Pleasant, See also:Pennsylvania, in 1815, and adopted a See also:confession of faith, rules of 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 and a See also:book of discipline, which were revised in 1885-1889, when See also:women were first admitted to ordination, and when the Conservatives, protesting against the new constitution, withdrew and formed the See also:body now commonly known as the United Brethren in Christ " of the Old Constitution."
The Liberal See also:branch had 3732 organizations in 1906 with a See also:total membership of 274,649. This body carries on See also:missions in See also:West See also:Africa (since 1855), See also:Japan, See also:China, the Philippines and See also:Porto Rico. It has a See also:publishing See also:house (1834) and Bonebrake Theological See also:Seminary (1871) at See also:Dayton, See also:Ohio; and supports Otterbein University (1847) at Westerville, O.; See also:Westfield Colleg . (1865) at Westfield, See also:Illinois; Leander See also:Clark See also:College (1857) at See also:Toledo, See also:Iowa; See also:York College (189o) at York, See also:Nebraska; Philomath College (1867) at Philomath, See also:Oregon ; See also:Lebanon Valley College (1867) at Annville, Pa.; See also:- CAMPBELL, ALEXANDER (1788–1866)
- CAMPBELL, BEATRICE STELLA (Mrs PATRICK CAMPBELL) (1865– )
- CAMPBELL, GEORGE (1719–1796)
- CAMPBELL, JOHN
- CAMPBELL, JOHN (1708-1775)
- CAMPBELL, JOHN CAMPBELL, BARON (1779-1861)
- CAMPBELL, JOHN FRANCIS
- CAMPBELL, LEWIS (1830-1908)
- CAMPBELL, REGINALD JOHN (1867— )
- CAMPBELL, THOMAS (1777—1844)
Campbell College (1864) at Holton, See also:Kansas, and Central University (1907) at See also:Indianapolis, See also:Indiana.
The " Old Constitution " body had 572 organizations in 1906 with a total membership of 21,401. It has a publishing house at See also:Hunting-ton, Indiana.
See D. Berger, See also:History of the Church of the United Brethren (1897), and his See also:sketch (1894) in vol xii. of the " American Church History See also:Series "; E. L. Shuey, Handbook of the United Brethren in Christ (1893) ; W. J. Shuey, See also:Year-Book of the United Brethren in Christ (from 1867); and A. W. See also:Drury, See also:Life of Philip William Otterbein (1884).
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