Debate with Bishop John B. Purcell (1837)

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Debate with Bishop John B. Purcell (1837) is a famous public religious debate in Cincinnati between Protestant reformer Alexander Campbell and Catholic Bishop John B. Purcell that focused on the differences between Protestantism and Roman Catholicism.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Protestant–Catholic debate
public religious debate
theological controversy
hasAudienceType Protestant and Catholic listeners
general public
hasCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
hasGenre apologetics
religious polemics
hasHistoricalContext 19th‑century American religious pluralism
Stone–Campbell Movement
surface form: Restoration Movement

growth of Roman Catholicism in the United States
hasLanguage English
hasLocation Cincinnati
Ohio
hasMainCatholicDebater John B. Purcell NERFINISHED
hasMainProtestantDebater Alexander Campbell
hasMedium oral debate
printed transcript
hasOutcome publication of the debate in book form
hasParticipant Alexander Campbell
John B. Purcell NERFINISHED
hasPurpose to compare Protestantism and Roman Catholicism
to defend Protestant reform principles
to defend Roman Catholic doctrine
hasRelatedMovement Stone–Campbell Movement
hasRelatedPerson Alexander Campbell
surface form: Alexander Campbell (Restoration Movement leader)

Bishop John Baptist Purcell
hasReligiousTradition Protestantism
Roman Catholicism
hasSetting public forum in Cincinnati
hasTimePeriod 19th century
hasTopic authority of Scripture
authority of the Catholic Church
church history
differences between Protestantism and Roman Catholicism
doctrinal differences
papal authority
tradition versus sola scriptura
hasYear 1837
isNotableFor being a major 19th‑century Protestant–Catholic public debate in the United States
influencing Protestant–Catholic relations in the American Midwest

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Alexander Campbell notableWork Debate with Bishop John B. Purcell (1837)