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Restorationism

Restorationism seeks to correct faults in other branches of Christianity by appealing to the primitive church as normative model.

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Restorationism, also called Christian primitivism, holds that early Christian beliefs and practices were lost or corrupted after the apostles' deaths and need restoration.[1] Restorationism, also known as Christian primitivism, holds that the early beliefs and practices of Jesus' followers were lost or corrupted after the apostles died and must be restored, and it often aims to fix perceived flaws in other Christian branches by using the primitive church as a standard.[1] Denominationalism frequently provokes attempts to bring back an earlier, purer form of Christianity.[2]

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Field
Christian theology and religious movements
Related movements
  • Stone–Campbell Movement
  • holiness movement
  • Latter Day Saints
  • Jehovah's Witnesses
  • Christadelphians
Historical models
  • Ecclesiastical
  • Ethical
  • Experiential
  • Gospel Primitivism
Taxonomic grouping
One of six major groupings of Christianity

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Key facts and history

It was expressed to varying degrees in the Protestant Reformation, and Protestantism has been described as a form of Christian restorationism.[3] Ecclesiastical primitivism focuses on restoring early church practices, with Alexander Campbell as its strongest U.S. advocate.[4] Ethical primitivism focuses on restoring early church ethical norms, with examples including the Anabaptists, Barton W. Stone, and the Holiness Movement.[5][6] Gospel primitivism is best seen in Martin Luther's theology, though he was not strictly a restorationist.[7]

The Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement aimed to restore the church and unify all Christians in a single body patterned after the New Testament church.[8] The term "Restorationism" is also used for non-Trinitarian movements such as the Christadelphians, Swedenborgians, Irvingians, Latter Day Saints, and Jehovah's Witnesses.[9] Based on which aspect of early Christianity groups sought to restore, four general historical models have been identified: ecclesiastical, ethical, experiential, and gospel primitivism.[10] Restoring direct communication with God and the Holy Spirit, as seen in the early church, is the focus of experiential primitivism; the Latter Day Saint movement and Pentecostalism serve as examples.[11]

What the cited sources add

The source "Seventh-day Adventist Doctrines and Progressive Revelation" states that progressive revelation has played an important role in the development of the Seventh-day Adventist church.[12] That same source notes that since the 1840s, God has sent a proclamation symbolized by the three messengers of Revelation 14.[12] The Open Library record for ISBN 9780310873358 lists "New International Dictionary of Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements" as published by Zondervan in 2010.[13] According to its Open Library record (ISBN 9780802838988), "The encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell movement" was published by W.B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. in 2004 and has 854 pages.[14]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Restorationism" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Douglas Allen Foster and Anthony L. Dunnavant, The Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement: Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Christian Churches/Churc; Gerard Mannion and Lewis S. Mudge, The Routledge companion to the Christian church, Routledge, 2008, , 9780415374200, page 634; Encyclopedia of Religion in the South, p.665, Samuel S. Hill, Charles H. Lippy, Charles Reagan Wilson, 2005: "An Anabaptist, Servetus believed what has always b; Douglas Allen Foster and Anthony L. Dunnavant, The Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movem en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Restorationism" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Rubel Shelly, I Just Want to Be a Christian, 20th Century Christian, Nashville, Tennessee 1984,; Douglas Allen Foster and Anthony L. Dunnavant, The Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement: Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Christian Churches/Churc (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Restorationism" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Gerard Mannion and Lewis S. Mudge, The Routledge companion to the Christian church, Routledge, 2008, , 9780415374200, page 634; David Lynn Holmes, The faiths of the founding fathers, Oxford University Press US, 2006, , 9780195300925, 225 pages (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Restorationism" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Douglas Allen Foster and Anthony L. Dunnavant, The Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement: Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Christian Churches/Churc; Draper, J. (2006). The Apostolic Fathers: The Didache. Expository Times, 117(5):177:182. https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/document?repid=rep1&type=pdf&doi=1d24f4df; Douglas Allen Foster and Anthony L. Dunnavant, The Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement: Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Christian Churches/Churc; Douglas Allen Foster and Anthony L. Dunnavant, The Encycl en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Restorationism" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Douglas Allen Foster and Anthony L. Dunnavant, The Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement: Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Christian Churches/Churc; Draper, J. (2006). The Apostolic Fathers: The Didache. Expository Times, 117(5):177:182. https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/document?repid=rep1&type=pdf&doi=1d24f4df (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Restorationism" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Douglas Allen Foster and Anthony L. Dunnavant, The Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement: Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Christian Churches/Churc (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Restorationism" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Douglas Allen Foster and Anthony L. Dunnavant, The Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement: Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Christian Churches/Churc; Douglas Allen Foster and Anthony L. Dunnavant, The Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement: Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Christian Churches/Churc; Douglas Allen Foster and Anthony L. Dunnavant, The Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement: Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Christian Churches/Churc; C. Leonard Allen and Richard T. Hughes, "Discovering Our en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Restorationism" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Rubel Shelly, I Just Want to Be a Christian, 20th Century Christian, Nashville, Tennessee 1984,; Monroe E. Hawley, Redigging the Wells: Seeking Undenominational Christianity, Quality Publications, Abilene, Texas, 1976, (paper), (cloth) (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  9. Wikipedia, "Restorationism" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Carson, "Themelios, Volume 44, Issue 3", Wipf and Stock Publishers, 10 February 2020; Lewis, "What's So Liberal about the Liberal Arts?: Integrated Approaches to Christian Formation", Wipf and Stock Publishers, 27 April 2016; Bloesch, "The Holy Spirit: Works Gifts", InterVarsity Press, 2 December 2005, p. 158; Spinks, "Reformation and Modern Rituals and Theologies of Baptism: From Luther to Contemporary Practices", Routledge, 2 March 2017; Riswold, "Feminism and Christianity: Questions and Answers in the Third Wave", Wipf and Stock Publi en.wikipedia.org
  10. Wikipedia, "Restorationism" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Douglas Allen Foster and Anthony L. Dunnavant, The Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement: Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Christian Churches/Churc; Douglas Allen Foster and Anthony L. Dunnavant, The Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement: Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Christian Churches/Churc; Douglas Allen Foster and Anthony L. Dunnavant, The Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement: Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Christian Churches/Churc; Douglas Allen Foster and Anthony L. Dunnavant, The Encycl en.wikipedia.org
  11. Wikipedia, "Restorationism" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Douglas Allen Foster and Anthony L. Dunnavant, The Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement: Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Christian Churches/Churc; Douglas Allen Foster and Anthony L. Dunnavant, The Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement: Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Christian Churches/Churc (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  12. "Seventh-day Adventist Doctrines and Progressive Revelation". facts only, no text reused. andrews.edu
  13. Open Library record, ISBN 9780310873358 ("New International Dictionary of Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements"). CC0 (metadata); book content not read. openlibrary.org
  14. Open Library record, ISBN 9780802838988 ("The encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell movement"). CC0 (metadata); book content not read. openlibrary.org

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