Stone–Campbell Movement

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19th-century religious movement Christian restorationist movement Protestant movement religious movement

The Stone–Campbell Movement is a 19th-century American Christian restorationist movement that sought to unify Christians by returning to the practices and beliefs of the New Testament church.

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All labels observed (16)

Label	Occurrences
Restoration Movement	38
Stone–Campbell Movement canonical	17
Stone-Campbell Movement	7
American Restoration Movement	6
Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement	4
Stone–Campbell Restoration Movement	2
American Stone-Campbell Movement	1
Barton W. Stone–Alexander Campbell tradition	1
Christian Church (Stone–Campbell tradition)	1
Disciples of Christ (Stone–Campbell Movement)	1
Restoration Movement (Stone-Campbell Movement)	1
Restoration Movement in the United States	1
Stone–Campbell reformers	1
Stone–Campbell tradition	1
considered a charter document of the Stone–Campbell Movement	1
the American Restoration Movement	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1969044 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Stone–Campbell Movement
Context triple: [Bethany, West Virginia, religiousMovementAssociatedWith, Stone–Campbell Movement]

A. Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) is a mainline Protestant denomination in the United States known for its emphasis on Christian unity, believer’s baptism, congregational autonomy, and open Communion.
B. Pilgrim Holiness Church
Pilgrim Holiness Church was a conservative Wesleyan-Holiness Christian denomination known for emphasizing entire sanctification and strict personal holiness.
C. Baptists
Baptists are members of a Protestant Christian denomination characterized by believer’s baptism, congregational governance, and a strong emphasis on religious liberty and separation of church and state.
D. Methodism
Methodism is a Protestant Christian tradition founded by John Wesley that emphasizes personal faith, disciplined spiritual practice, and social reform.
E. Wesleyan Methodist Church
The Wesleyan Methodist Church is a Protestant Christian denomination within Methodism that emphasizes John Wesley’s teachings on personal holiness, evangelical outreach, and social reform.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Stone–Campbell Movement
Target entity description: The Stone–Campbell Movement is a 19th-century American Christian restorationist movement that sought to unify Christians by returning to the practices and beliefs of the New Testament church.

A. Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) is a mainline Protestant denomination in the United States known for its emphasis on Christian unity, believer’s baptism, congregational autonomy, and open Communion.
B. Pilgrim Holiness Church
Pilgrim Holiness Church was a conservative Wesleyan-Holiness Christian denomination known for emphasizing entire sanctification and strict personal holiness.
C. Baptists
Baptists are members of a Protestant Christian denomination characterized by believer’s baptism, congregational governance, and a strong emphasis on religious liberty and separation of church and state.
D. Methodism
Methodism is a Protestant Christian tradition founded by John Wesley that emphasizes personal faith, disciplined spiritual practice, and social reform.
E. Wesleyan Methodist Church
The Wesleyan Methodist Church is a Protestant Christian denomination within Methodism that emphasizes John Wesley’s teachings on personal holiness, evangelical outreach, and social reform.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	19th-century religious movement ⓘ Christian restorationist movement ⓘ Protestant movement ⓘ religious movement ⓘ
aim	Christian unity ⓘ rejection of denominationalism ⓘ restoration of New Testament Christianity ⓘ
corePrinciple	Bible as sole rule of faith and practice ⓘ believers’ baptism by immersion ⓘ congregational autonomy ⓘ rejection of human creeds as tests of fellowship ⓘ weekly observance of the Lord’s Supper ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
emergedFrom	Second Great Awakening ⓘ
emphasis	restoration of apostolic doctrine ⓘ simple New Testament church order ⓘ unity of all Christians based on the Bible ⓘ
foundedBy	Alexander Campbell ⓘ Barton W. Stone ⓘ Thomas Campbell ⓘ
geographicFocus	American frontier ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	American Restoration Movement ⓘ linked to: Stone–Campbell Movement Restoration Movement ⓘ linked to: Stone–Campbell Movement Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement ⓘ linked to: Stone–Campbell Movement
hasDenominationalOffshoot	Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) ⓘ Christian churches and churches of Christ ⓘ linked to: Churches of Christ Churches of Christ ⓘ
hasKeyFigure	Raccoon John Smith ⓘ Walter Scott ⓘ
historicalContext	19th-century American Protestantism ⓘ
influenced	Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) ⓘ Christian churches and churches of Christ ⓘ linked to: Churches of Christ Churches of Christ ⓘ
inspiredBy	New Testament church ⓘ linked to: New Testament churches
languageOfWorship	English ⓘ
opposes	denominational creeds ⓘ sectarianism ⓘ
regionOfActivity	Australia ⓘ Canada ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ
slogan	Christians only, but not the only Christians ⓘ No creed but Christ, no book but the Bible ⓘ Where the Scriptures speak, we speak; where the Scriptures are silent, we are silent ⓘ
startTime	early 19th century ⓘ
theologicalOrientation	primitivism ⓘ restorationism ⓘ

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Referenced by (84)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bethany, West Virginia → religiousMovementAssociatedWith → Stone–Campbell Movement ⓘ

subject linked to: Bethany, Virginia, United States

Margaret Brown Campbell → affiliation → Restoration Movement ⓘ