Methodism: alternatives and connections

Adherence to the doctrines of the church of Rome, or the doctrines themselves.

One of an ancient religious sect, so called from Cerinthus, a Jew, who attempted to unite the doctrines of Christ with the opinions of…

Belonging to the system of Congregationalism, or to Congregationalist; holding to the faith and polity of Congregationalism; as, a Con…

The faith and polity of the Congregational churches, taken collectively.

Belonging to the sect of philosophers called cynics; having the qualities of a cynic; pertaining to, or resembling, the doctrines of t…

One of the so-called philosophers in the first ages of Christianity, who claimed a true philosophical interpretation of the Christian…

A being conceived of as possessing supernatural power, and to be propitiated by sacrifice, worship, etc.; a divinity; a deity; an obje…

The mode of governing; the system of polity in a state; the established form of law.

One of a religious sect, founded in Wurtemburg in the last century, composed of followers of George Rapp, a weaver. They had all their…

Of or pertaining to the Brahmans or to their doctrines and worship.

The worship of images as symbols; -- distinguished from idolatry, the worship of images themselves.

To worship idols; to pay idolatrous worship.

The worship of idols, images, or anything which is not God; the worship of false gods.

Doctrine and polity of the Independents.

Established order, method, or custom; enactment; ordinance; permanent form of law or polity.

The quality of being intolerant; refusal to allow to others the enjoyment of their opinions, chosen modes of worship, and the like; wa…

The common designation of one a sect founded by the Rev. Edward Irving (about 1830), who call themselves the Catholic Apostolic Church…

One of the sect of Syrian Monophysites. The sect is named after Jacob Baradaeus, its leader in the sixth century.