established church

Examples of established church in the following topics:

• The Anglican Class

  • The Church of England controlled Virginian society and government during the colonial era.
  • The Church of England was legally established; the bishop of London made it a favorite missionary target and sent in 22 clergyman by 1624.
  • When the elected assembly, the House of Burgesses, was established in 1619, it enacted religious laws that made Virginia a bastion of Anglicanism.
  • The stress on personal piety opened the way for the First Great Awakening, which pulled people away from the established church.
  • The dissenters grew much faster than the established church, making religious division a factor in Virginia politics into the Revolution.

• Separating Church and State

  • The Dutch colony of New Netherland established the Dutch Reformed Church and outlawed all other worship, though enforcement was uncommon.
  • Religious conformity was desired partly for financial reasons, as the established church was responsible for poverty relief, putting dissenting churches at a significant disadvantage.
  • Some opposed support of any established church at the state level; for instance, Thomas Jefferson's influential Statute for Religious Freedom was enacted in 1786 to ensure religious freedom in Virginia.
  • It stated: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion."
  • The establishment clause has generally been interpreted to prohibit: 1) Congress' establishment of a national religion, and 2) US governmental preference of one religion over another.

• The Political Revolution

  • Both the Moderate Enlightenment and a Radical or Revolutionary Enlightenment were reactions against the authoritarianism, irrationality, and obscurantism of the established churches.
  • As Outram notes, the Enlightenment comprised "many different paths, varying in time and geography, to the common goals of progress, of tolerance, and the removal of abuses in Church and state. "
  • The Sacred Circle is a term he uses to describe the interdependent relationship between the hereditary aristocracy, the leaders of the church, and the text of the Bible.
  • Thus church sanctioned the rule of the king and the king defended the church in return.

• Virginia

  • The Church of England was legally established; the bishop of London made it a favorite missionary target and sent in 22 clergymen by 1624.
  • The stress on personal piety opened the way for the First Great Awakening, which pulled people away from the established church.
  • The dissenters grew much faster than the established church, making religious division a factor in Virginia politics into the American Revolution.
  • The Patriots, led by Thomas Jefferson, disestablished the Anglican Church in 1786.
  • Berkeley successfully established autocratic authority over the colony.

• Unitarianism and Universalism

  • Charles Chauncy (1705–1787), pastor of the First Church from 1727 until his death, was both a Unitarian and a Universalist.
  • Churches were established in New York, Baltimore, Washington, Charleston, and elsewhere during this period.
  • The association published books, supported poor churches, sent out missionaries, and established new churches in nearly every state.
  • The Universalist Church of America grew to be the sixth-largest denomination in the United States at its peak.
  • Boston was the center of Unitarian activity in America, and the Brattle Street Church was a prominent Unitarian venue.

• Religion in Early New England

  • Unlike most of the Chesapeake or southern colonies which were established to make a profit, New England colonies were largely established for religious reasons.
  • Unlike most of the Chesapeake or southern colonies which were established to make a profit, New England colonies tended to be established, at least in part, for religious reasons.
  • These people, called separatists, wanted to create their own church separate from the Church of England.
  • Methodism started out as a society and follower of the Church of England but was not a church itself.
  • In 1692, the famous Religious Toleration Act officially ended, and the assembly of Maryland established the Church of England as the official state religion supported by tax levies.

• The Mormon Exodus

  • This harsh treatment caused the body of the Church to move from one place to another - from Ohio to Missouri, and then to Illinois, where church members built the city of Nauvoo.
  • The Mormon exodus began in 1846 when, in the face of these conflicts, Brigham Young (Joseph Smith's successor as President of the Church) decided to abandon Nauvoo and to establish a new home for the church in the Great Basin .
  • According to church belief, God inspired Young to call for the Saints (as church members call themselves) to organize and head west, beyond the western frontier of the United States (into what was then Mexico, though the U.S.
  • Along their way, some were assigned to establish settlements and to plant and harvest crops for later emigrants.
  • Map showing the westward exodus of the LDS Church between 1846 and 1869.

• The Mormons

  • With a small following, he organized the Church of Christ later that year, the progenitor of the Church of Latter-day Saints popularly known as "Mormons."
  • Smith’s new church placed great emphasis on work and discipline.
  • This harsh treatment caused the body of the Church to move—first from New York to Ohio, then to Missouri, and then to Illinois, where church members built the city of Nauvoo.
  • The Mormon exodus began in 1846 when, in the face of these conflicts, Young decided to abandon Nauvoo and establish a new home for the church in the Great Basin.
  • Today a vast majority of Mormons are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), while a minority are members of other churches.

• Plymouth

  • Unwilling to conform to the Church of England, many Puritans sought refuge in the New World.
  • Thousands of Puritans left their English homes not to establish a land of religious freedom, but to practice their own religion without persecution.
  • Yet those who emigrated to the Americas were not united; some called for a complete break with the Church of England, while others remained committed to reforming the national church.
  • When a larger exodus of Puritans established the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 1630s, the Pilgrims at Plymouth welcomed them and the two colonies cooperated with each other.
  • In early interactions, however, the Puritans and American Indians were able to establish treaties of peace that ensured each people would not bring harm to the other.

• The Social Gospel

  • He established a free dispensary for medical emergencies, an employment bureau for job seekers, a summer camp for children, night schools for extended learning, and English language classes.
  • His middle-class congregation encouraged Reed to move on when he became a Socialist, and he organized a nondenominational church.
  • With 10,000 members, his was the largest Presbyterian Church in the country, and he was selected the national moderator in 1912.
  • He build a model church, with night schools, unemployment bureaus, kindergarten, an anti-tuberculosis clinic, and the nation's first church-owned radio station.
  • The Society for Ethical Culture was established in New York in 1876 by Felix Adler attracted a Reform Jewish clientele.