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Restoration Movement (Churches of Christ / Disciples)
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Restoration Movement (Churches of Christ / Disciples). Confession: the Declaration and Address (1809) — 'no creed but Christ, no book but the Bible'. Central emphasis: the restoration of New Testament Christianity; believer's baptism; weekly communion; the unity of all Christians. The seed it has kept: the longing to be simply Christian — Scripture alone as the pattern, and unity as the goal. Anchored on: John 17:20-21; Acts 2:42; 1 Corinthians 1:10. (Calibrated against the one plumb-line — Scripture in the original tongues and the ecumenical creeds — not judged; a tradition's gift, gathered.)
- on the shelf of → The churches — one Lord, many traditions, calibrated — a tradition of the one Church, measured against the plumb-line
- builds on → Baptist — the Stone–Campbell Restoration Movement out of the Presbyterian and Baptist churches: the
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