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The Stone-Campbell Movement, Its Relationship to Latter-Day Saint Origins, and the False Position of Restorationism (Part Three)

Part OnePart Two The Frontier Environment: A Greenhouse for New Belief Systems The wild West of the 1800s, then places like western New York, Kentucky, and Ohio, provided a unique ecosystem for religious innovation.  Frontier life was physically disconnected from the accountability of already established biblical, doctrinal and practical roots.  Individuals in these remote areas […]

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The Stone-Campbell Movement, Its Relationship to Latter-Day Saint Origins, and the False Position of Restorationism (Part Two)

Part One Similarities surely exist between the Restorationism or Restorationist Movement in the dovetailing between the Churches of Christ (COC) Barton Stone and Thomas and Alexander Campbell and the Latter-Day Saints (LDS) Joseph Smith.  The sameness revolves around the characteristics of the period in American history in particular the region from which both arose, the […]

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The Stone-Campbell Movement, Its Relationship to Latter-Day Saint Origins, and the False Position of Restorationism

An early competition over dueling visions of Christian restoration is one of the most underappreciated intersections in American religious history, even the entire history of the United States itself.  Now called the Restorationist Movement, it started as a shared cultural milieu and with a pivotal figure, Sydney Rigdom, who served as the living bridge between […]

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LDS Visions or Revelations a Consideration for Their Danger as a Source of Authority for Everyone Else, Including Baptists

The visions or revelations of Joseph Smith came about in America at a time in this country when many others were receiving their own visions or revelations, paving the way for Smith’s and the acceptance of his by others.  The United States was a land of equality, equal opportunity, and populism.  It despised a king […]

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