Congregationalism : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Congregationalism	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Congregationalism
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Congregationalism n system of beliefs and church government of a Protestant denomination in which each member church is self-governing
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Congregationalism \Con`grega"tionalism\, n. 1. That system of church organization which vests all ecclesiastical power in the assembled brotherhood of each local church. 2. The faith and polity of the Congregational churches, taken collectively. Note: In this sense (which is its usual signification) Congregationalism* is the system of faith and practice common to a large body of evangelical Trinitarian churches, which recognize the local brotherhood of each church as independent of all dictation in ecclesiastical matters, but are united in fellowship and joint action, as in councils for mutual advice, and in consociations, conferences, missionary organizations, etc., and to whose membership the designation [bd]Congregationalists[b8] is generally restricted; but Unitarian and other churches are Congregational in their polity.