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Disciples of Christ,
A religious body founded in Washington, Pa., 1811, by Thomas Campbell, a minister who had left the Presbyterian Church in Ireland and came to the United States in 1807.
He deplored the divided state of the Church and the evils which arose therefrom.
He held that the only remedy for this was a complete restoration of primitive apostolic Christianity.
This view met with some approval, a new sect was formed, and the first church was organized on May 4, 1811.
In addition to the fundamental truths which the Disciples of Christ hold in common with all Christian bodies the following may be cited as some of their more particular principles: 1.
The Church of Christ is intentionally and constitutionally one; and all divisions which obstruct this unity are contrary to the will of God, and should be ended.
2. As schisms sprang from a departure from the New Testament Christianity, the remedy for them is to be found in the restoration of the Gospel in its purity.
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