Independent (Congregational)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Independent_(Congregational)

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:Christian_denomination
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Congregationalism
gptkbp:confession	gptkb:Cambridge_Platform gptkb:Savoy_Declaration gptkb:Westminster_Confession_(adapted)
gptkbp:coreBelief	autonomy of local church
gptkbp:distinctFrom	gptkb:Anglicanism gptkb:Methodism gptkb:Presbyterianism gptkb:Roman_Catholicism
gptkbp:emergedIn	gptkb:English_Reformation gptkb:Puritan_movement
gptkbp:emphasizes	democratic decision-making local church autonomy
gptkbp:historicalEvent	gptkb:English_Civil_War gptkb:Great_Ejection_(1662) gptkb:Mayflower_voyage gptkb:Act_of_Uniformity_1662
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Independent (Congregational)
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:United_Church_of_Christ gptkb:Congregational_Christian_Churches gptkb:National_Association_of_Congregational_Christian_Churches
gptkbp:mergedInto	gptkb:United_Church_of_Christ_(USA) gptkb:United_Reformed_Church_(UK)
gptkbp:notableFigure	gptkb:William_Brewster gptkb:John_Owen gptkb:Thomas_Goodwin gptkb:Robert_Browne John Cotton
gptkbp:notableInstitution	gptkb:Old_South_Church gptkb:First_Church_in_Boston gptkb:Tabernacle_Chapel,_London
gptkbp:originatedIn	gptkb:England 16th century
gptkbp:principle	congregational polity self-governance
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Presbyterianism gptkb:Separatists gptkb:Puritans gptkb:Baptist_churches
gptkbp:spreadTo	gptkb:Australia gptkb:Canada gptkb:New_Zealand gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:theology	Reformed
gptkbp:worshipStyle	gptkb:Protestantism
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Capel_Als,_Llanelli
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5