The Last Will and Testament of the Springfield Presbytery

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The Last Will and Testament of the Springfield Presbytery is a landmark 1804 document in the early American Restoration Movement that dissolved a Presbyterian governing body to promote simple New Testament Christianity and Christian unity.

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instanceOf Christian theological text ⓘ
historical document ⓘ
religious document ⓘ
action formally dissolved the Springfield Presbytery ⓘ
associatedOrganization Springfield Presbytery ⓘ
associatedWithPerson Barton W. Stone ⓘ
David Purviance ⓘ
John Dunlavy ⓘ
John Thompson ⓘ
Richard McNemar ⓘ
Robert Marshall ⓘ
callsFor abandonment of party names and unscriptural distinctions among Christians ⓘ
circulation distributed among early frontier congregations in Kentucky and Ohio Valley ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateWritten 1804 ⓘ
denominationContext Presbyterianism ⓘ
linked to: Presbyterian
documentType last will and testament (figurative) ⓘ
genre ecclesiastical declaration ⓘ
manifesto ⓘ
historicalSignificance landmark document in the early American Restoration Movement ⓘ
influenceOn Christian Churches and Churches of Christ ⓘ
linked to: Churches of Christ

Churches of Christ ⓘ
Disciples of Christ ⓘ
Stone–Campbell Movement ⓘ
early American Restoration Movement ⓘ
keyTheme appeal to the New Testament as sole rule of faith and practice ⓘ
call for Christians to be known simply as "Christians" ⓘ
rejection of denominational labels ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legacy foundational text for unity principles in the Stone–Campbell tradition ⓘ
locationOfOrigin near Cane Ridge, Kentucky ⓘ
movement Restoration Movement ⓘ
Stone–Campbell Movement ⓘ
opposes binding of human confessions of faith ⓘ
sectarian division among Christians ⓘ
purpose to dissolve the Springfield Presbytery ⓘ
to promote Christian unity ⓘ
to promote simple New Testament Christianity ⓘ
region Kentucky ⓘ
relatedEvent Cane Ridge Revival ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
scripturalBasis New Testament ⓘ
structure modeled rhetorically on a legal will ⓘ
theologicalEmphasis Christian unity based on the Bible alone ⓘ
rejection of human creeds as tests of fellowship ⓘ
restoration of New Testament Christianity ⓘ
title The Last Will and Testament of the Springfield Presbytery ⓘ
year 1804 ⓘ

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