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008			690810s1968 nyu b 001 0 eng
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040			_aDLC _cDLC _dDLC _dNEMB
082	0	0	_a280.4/DUR
998			_bEW
100	1		_aDurnbaugh, Donald F.
245	1	4	_aThe believers' church : _bthe history and character of radical Protestantism / _c[by] Donald F. Durnbaugh.
260			_aNew York, _bMacmillan _cc1968.
300			_axi, 315 p. _bhbk ; _c21 cm.
504			_aBibliographical footnotes.
505			_aPart I. The concept of the believer's church. 1. The believers' church defined. Introduction; The free church concept; Theories of free church origins; The categorical imperative ; Political analogies; The believers' church defined --
505			_aPart II. The history of the believers' churches. 2. Medieval sectarians : The Waldenses; Unity of Brethren -- 3. Radical reformers : The Swiss Brethren; The Hutterian Brethren -- 4. Separatist puritans : The Baptists; The Quakers -- 5. Free church pietists : The Church of the Brethren; The people called Methodists -- 6. New Testament restorationists : Disciples of Christ; The Plymouth Brethren -- 7. Contemporary expressions : The confessing church; New forms of the church.
505			_aPart III. The character of believers' churches. 8. Discipleship and apostolicity : Discipleship; The fall of the church; Restitution; Church discipline -- 9. Mission and evangelism : The territorial church and missions; The believers' church and missions; The great century of missions; Evangelism: social or individual? -- 10. Church and state : Separation of church and state; Religious liberty; Peace witness; Involvement in the state -- 11. Mutual aid and service : The individual dimension; The communal dimension; The social dimension; The international dimension -- 12. Sectarian and ecumenical : The separatist stance; Ecumenical emphases; Ecumenical organizations; Openness to new light.
650		0	_aProtestantism.
650		0	_aDissenters, Religious.
650		0	_aFree churches.
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