Glasites

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Glasites were a small 18th–19th century Christian sect in Britain, known for their strict congregational practices and close adherence to New Testament church patterns, and more widely referred to as Sandemanians.

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instanceOf Christian sect
religious denomination
alsoKnownAs Sandemanians NERFINISHED
centuryOfOrigin 18th century
churchPolity congregational
country Great Britain NERFINISHED
denominationalFamily Protestantism NERFINISHED
doctrine emphasis on primitive Christianity
literal adherence to New Testament church patterns
rejection of national churches
strict congregationalism
emphasis New Testament authority
church discipline
community of goods
endTime 19th century
foundedBy John Glas NERFINISHED
geographicDistribution Britain NERFINISHED
England NERFINISHED
Scotland NERFINISHED
hasNotableMember Michael Faraday NERFINISHED
Robert Sandeman NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod 18th–19th century Christianity
influenced Sandemanian churches in North America NERFINISHED
influencedBy Scottish Presbyterianism
languageOfWorship English
namedAfter John Glas NERFINISHED
organizationalStructure independent local congregations
practices foot washing
holy kiss
love feast
mutual exhortation in worship
sharing of goods among members
weekly communion
regionOfOrigin Scotland NERFINISHED
religion Christianity
scripture New Testament NERFINISHED
size small sect
startTime 18th century
status largely extinct
theologicalOrientation Restorationist Christianity NERFINISHED
viewOnClergy rejection of a distinct clerical order
viewOnCreeds suspicion of extra-biblical creeds
viewOnFaith emphasis on faith as belief in God’s testimony
worshipStyle simple worship based on New Testament pattern

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