Declaration and Address

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Declaration and Address is a foundational 1809 document of the American Restoration Movement, authored by Thomas Campbell to advocate Christian unity and a return to New Testament Christianity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf foundational text ⓘ
religious document ⓘ
advocates congregational autonomy ⓘ
unity of all Christians on the basis of the Bible alone ⓘ
associatedOrganization Christian Association of Washington ⓘ
author Thomas Campbell ⓘ
authorFatherOf Alexander Campbell ⓘ
callsFor abolition of sectarian divisions ⓘ
restoration of apostolic Christianity ⓘ
circulationForm pamphlet ⓘ
citedBy historians of the American Restoration Movement ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
dateWritten 1809 ⓘ
doctrineStanceOnCreeds rejects human creeds as tests of fellowship ⓘ
genre ecclesiological manifesto ⓘ
theological treatise ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn ecumenical thought within the Stone–Campbell Movement ⓘ
hasPart Address ⓘ
Declaration ⓘ
hasReprints modern scholarly editions ⓘ
historicalPeriod Second Great Awakening ⓘ
influenced Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) ⓘ
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ ⓘ
linked to: Churches of Christ

Churches of Christ ⓘ
Disciples of Christ ⓘ
influencedBy Presbyterian background of Thomas Campbell ⓘ
Scottish Common Sense Realism ⓘ
inReceptionHistory considered a charter document of the Stone–Campbell Movement ⓘ
keySlogan Where the Scriptures speak, we speak; where the Scriptures are silent, we are silent ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject Christian unity ⓘ
restoration of New Testament Christianity ⓘ
movement American Restoration Movement ⓘ
notableFor articulating principles of Christian unity based on the New Testament alone ⓘ
foundational role in the Stone–Campbell Restoration Movement ⓘ
placeWritten Washington County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
publicationYear 1809 ⓘ
publisher Christian Association of Washington ⓘ
purpose advocate Christian unity ⓘ
promote return to New Testament Christianity ⓘ
religiousTradition Protestantism ⓘ
Stone–Campbell Movement ⓘ
scripturalBasis New Testament ⓘ
theologicalPosition non-creedal Christianity ⓘ
restorationism ⓘ

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Campbell Movement → keyText → Declaration and Address ⓘ
Christian Association of Washington → documentProduced → Declaration and Address ⓘ