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The History of the N T Church age Part 233

AD 1620, When the year sixteen hundred and twenty, after the birth of Christ had come, the aforesaid magistrates emitted an edict, not only against the Romanists (from whom they had formerly suffered persecution themselves), but also against the Mennonites or Anabaptists, who had always shown themselves peaceable and friendly toward and among them, whereby they prohibited, among others, also the assemblies of the Anabaptists, yet not on pain of death. AD 1635, The blooming rose of the church of God, in the Swiss countries, had now for about twenty-one years enjoyed tolerable peace; for it appears, that the thorns which before and about the year 1614 had grown up over it for its oppression, were satisfied with the blood of the last named Hans Landis; until, in the year of our Lord 1635, the old hatred of the misnamed Reformed broke out again in those parts, and principally in the city of Zurich, which, already one hundred and ten years previously, namely, A. D. 1525, in the time of Zwingli, when their church was but five years old (as was shown fol. 80. col. 2), had commenced with public decrees against the Anabaptists. This originated principally in the conversion of a certain influential, rich, and respected man in the city of Zurich, named Henry F., who being chosen ensign by the authorities there, found his soul troubled with anguish and distress, and became unwilling to be used in the war, in which he was now to serve; hence seeking advice with the church of the defenseless Christians or Anabaptists, he entered into the convent, and forsaking war, was there accepted through baptism, and recognized as a dear brother of said church. This through the instigation of the learned there, was very illy received by the authorities in the afore-mentioned city; the more so, since he continued to live undisturbed on the borders of their territory, and this right opposite their adversaries, namely, the Roman Catholics. Thereupon it followed that the magistrates issued a command, that all the Baptists (who contemptuously were called Anabaptists) should have to go to church with them and attend their worship, if they wished to retain their liberty.     1602 / The Congregational church starts, they come out of The Roman Catholic church.   1. God/ Trinitarians, Father, Son, Holy Ghost, No Icons, Pre-millennial (were)   2. Bible/ 66 books of the Bible, in 1648 the Cambridge Platform was made, 17 chapters that set doctrine and polity for the Congregationalist churches, in 1701 Yale was established as a Congregationalist school   3. Salvation by/ OSAS, they were 5 pointers, most are not now   4. Baptism by/ pouring or sprinkling, infant yes   5. Church/ congregational, were still ok with state-church system, the states of Massachusetts in 1623, and Connecticut in 1636, ministers in both were payed by the state, today they are Theologically Liberal, postmil and amil, some now have women pastors, no gay marriage yet, In 1865 they formed a denomination, and an official was formed. In time they became Unitarians, and formed the American Unitarian Association, and they became, Unitarian Universalist Association (1961), they are so liberal that they don't even call themselves Christians.   In 1948 the 4 C's, was formed, and is the Conservative Congregational Christian Church, they separated from the other Congregationalist, in 2019, they only had 298 churches. In 1957, Most Congregationalist in the USA are part of the UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST.     Congregationalist:   This is what they believed.   1. Jesus was the only head of the church and the Bible was the only rule to go by.   2. That visible churches are distinct assemblies of godly people out of the world.   3. That these separate churches have full power to choose their own officers and to maintain discipline.   4. That they are each independent of all other churches and equally independent of state control.     / They were Persecuted by all 5 state churches and even though they were like the Baptists they did not join the Baptists.