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Comment on 1935 Washington Declaration by Boy in the Bands - In memoriam: Mary and Wells Behee

Boy in the Bands - In memoriam: Mary and Wells Behee — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 14:35:20 +0000

[...] comment that the only thing which kept his sanity at Iwo Jima were his repeated praying of the Washington Avowal of Faith. Following World War II, the First Universalist Church of Middleport sponsored Wells to study for [...]

Comment on The Cornerstone by Boy in the Bands - Life of Murray, the page-turner

Boy in the Bands - Life of Murray, the page-turner — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 15:34:42 +0000

[...] one extant abridgment – The Cornerstone — is more than a century old and was written for young children. It’s an even faster [...]

Comment on 1790 Articles of Religion, Plan of Church Government and Circular Letter by Boy in the Bands - Statements of faith Universalists have professed

Boy in the Bands - Statements of faith Universalists have professed — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 00:25:33 +0000

[...] The 1790 Philadelphia Articles of Faith Section 1. OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES We believe the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments to contain a revelation of the perfections and will of God, and the rule of faith and practice. [...]

Comment on 1899 “Five Points” Declaration by Boy in the Bands - Interesting worship tidbit from Chicago

Boy in the Bands - Interesting worship tidbit from Chicago — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 02:04:36 +0000

[...] answer to the first question of the catechism anticipated the Universalist “Five Points” Declaration adopted by the Universalist General Convention, meeting in 1899 in Boston, but proposed at the 1897 [...]

Comment on 1803 Winchester Profession by Boy in the Bands - A must-download for church planters

Boy in the Bands - A must-download for church planters — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 02:17:22 +0000

[...] 2. It helps conceptually integrate the three documents we’re OK with — corporate articles, constitution (or bylaws) and covenant — with one we don’t integrate well: a theological statement, whether that be the UUA’s Principles and Purposes or a Universalist avowal. [...]

Comment on Rhode Island (Universalist) Catechism of 1865 by Boy in the Bands - So what’s a creedal test?

Boy in the Bands - So what’s a creedal test? — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 17:08:59 +0000

[...] alternative that, in a sense, embeds the meaning of the Winchester Profession. Some did, say the Rhode Island Catechism and the 1903 Creed, perhaps to make them more liturgically useful. (Indeed, the later “Five [...]

Comment on 1803 Winchester Profession by Boy in the Bands - An old reflection on what it means to be a Universalist church

Fri, 12 Nov 2010 02:20:55 +0000

[...] — [I.] An expressed assent to the Confession of Faith adopted by the General Convention of Universalists, at Winchester, N. H., A. D. 1803, shall be [...]

Comment on Life and Trance of George deBenneville by Muslim Influence on the Roots of Unitarian-Universalism « Transient and Permanent

Sat, 11 Sep 2010 15:59:57 +0000

[...] spiritual journey that ended with him espousing Universalism in pre-revolutionary America. The whole account is well worth reading, especially as it shows the emotional and mystical flavor of many early [...]

Comment on Universalist General Convention Model Church Constitution by Boy in the Bands - Unincorporated churches: the why of UUA polity

Boy in the Bands - Unincorporated churches: the why of UUA polity — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 15:31:19 +0000

[...] I’ve written at length about the parish-church (or society-church) model of church organizing upon which both Unitarians and Universalists have historically organized, but to recap, a parish or society functions as a legal and fiscal entity which incubate and later holds a church. The parish or society hold the building and the money, is governed by elected officers, is usually incorporated, and could easily look to the outside world as a secular charity, save that it “shared” a minister with “its” church. (Unitarians were fond calling the minister, with respect to the parish, “a public teacher.”) The church is then a spiritual body, governed by the minister (as pastor) and deacons, provides spiritual support and the ordinances (sacraments) and in the Universalists’ case, often bound its members to some recognition to a theological statement. See this example. [...]

Comment on “Fifteen Reasons for Preaching Universalism” (1858) by Boy in the Bands - My Universalism in June post

Boy in the Bands - My Universalism in June post — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 14:36:08 +0000

[...] century Universalist minister S. J. McMorris’s question, that if Universalism is true, “what is the use of preaching it?” Include anti-Universalist literature and discuss the role of morality in Universalist [...]