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Alumbrado -> RE: a question for Christians (6/21/2008 12:42:25 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Gwynvyd
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ORIGINAL: Alumbrado
There haven't been any Unitarian congregations in America for decades. The Universalists pretty much took over and changed the focus to its current blended approach.
The Brethren on the other hand, have a very specific Christian scriptural orientation as do most Quakers (minus the baptism part).
acutaly.... ( having gone to a UU 101, and 102, and oh hell loads of classes on the history...)
The Unitarians, and Universlaists decided that thier messages were so simular.. that they combined thier congregations together back in 1961. http://books.google.com/books?id=wVp8HNS2p-IC
We have puritan roots though. http://www.uuworld.org/ideas/articles/108175.shtml
I think it works well though.
Gwyn,
A lay leader in her church
That is UU's version [;)].
My mother and her parents were Unitarians in the older sense, and they were the first ones to tell me that the UUs do not represent their beliefs in the least. Studying it seems to confirm their reports.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitarianism
And I didn't sense that the OP was asking which group thinks their 'kum-bay-yahs', or bag-o-snakes is holier than the other groups.. they specifically asked which ones were closest to the Brethren... a scripturally based Christian church that is listed as one of the historic peace churches, with a commitment to living a certain way....
The term historic peace churches refers specifically to three church groups:
the Church of the Brethren, the Mennonites, and the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_churches
Now lots of churches espouse peace, some more convincingly than others, but the ones who carry it to another level such as those mentioned above, are I suspect, what the OP wanted... if I'm mistaken, my apologies.
A lot of people can find exactly what they are looking for in New Age, or suburban mainstream, or evangelical splinter groups, but that isn't what quite the Brethren or some Friends are all about.
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