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Definition of Church of the Brethren
1. Noun. A Baptist denomination founded in 1708 by Americans of German descent; opposed to military service and taking legal oaths; practiced trine immersion.
Generic synonyms: Baptist Denomination
Member holonyms: Dunkard, Dunker, Tunker
Lexicographical Neighbors of Church Of The Brethren
Literary usage of Church of the Brethren
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Theological Dictionary, Containing Definitions of All Religious Terms: A by Charles Buck (1829)
"The synod which, in 1570, put an end to the disputes which then tore the church
of the Brethren into factions, had considered as non-essentials the ..."
2. The Theological Works of Herbert Thorndike by Herbert Thorndike (1844)
"... and defended the Church of the brethren from embracing such wicked opinions,
and when Antioch could not determine the question, Paul and Barnabas had ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Under imperial pressure the King of Saxony banished Zinzendorf "The chief doctrine
to which the Church of the Brethren adheres, and which we must preserve ..."
4. The History of the Church of Christ: From the Days of the Apostles, Till the by Joseph Milner (1835)
"... and Silesia, under the bigot Austrians, the church of the brethren, in the
beginning of the century had nearly disappeared, and their light teemed ready ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... thry wcre probably descended from a colony of German Waldenses, who had come
to Moravia in 1480 and joined the Church of the Brethren, and, therefore, ..."
6. Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century: Comprising Biographical by John Nichols, Samuel Bentley (1812)
"Joining afterwards the Church of the Brethren, established by an Act of ...
consistent with his connexion with, and ministry in, the Church of the Brethren. ..."
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