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Protestant Worship In The Post-reformation Era

Contributor / Topic: History of Christian Worship
Source: The Complete Library of Christian Worship, Robert E. Webber, General Editor

Between 1600 and 1900, Protestant movements proliferated in a continuous search for biblical Christianity or for renewal and restoration. The result was the establishment of many different worship traditions, as seen in these 11 entries, since these Christian groups tended to express their differences in the language of worship.…

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Chapters & Articles in Protestant Worship In The Post-reformation Era (11)

Entry 1
Puritan Worship

A number of Protestant churches trace their descent from the Puritan heritage. In their worship, these groups share…

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Entry 2
Baptist Worship

Baptists, like the Puritans, desired a pure scriptural worship. Early Baptist worship sought to maintain a radicall…

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Entry 3
Congregational Worship

Congregational worship was influenced by the radical wing of Puritanism, which stressed a worship shaped by biblica…

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Entry 4
Quaker Worship

Quaker worship, to varying degrees, is unstructured. It is characterized by silence and by the leading of the Spiri…

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Entry 5
Methodist Worship

John Wesley was an Anglican clergyman who sought to bring new life to the Church of England through conversion and …

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Entry 6
Salvation Army Worship

The Salvation Army, founded in London in 1865 by William and Catherine Booth, is an international, evangelical part…

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Entry 7
American Revival Worship

A definite pattern of worship developed in the revival movements of the American frontier and in the campaigns of A…

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Entry 8
African-american Worship

Churches in the African-American community share a distinct worship culture that is the result of the integration o…

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Entry 9
Restoration Worship

The restoration movement of the early eighteenth century in Britain and the United States attempted to return to th…

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Entry 10
Holiness Worship

The holiness movement traces its origins to John Wesley. The worship of the holiness churches, however, was shaped …

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Entry 11
Adventist Worship

Adventist worship from the beginning followed a simple format, marked in its earlier stages by enthusiastic outburs…

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