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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