Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Christian Connection or Christian Connexion was a Christian movement in the United States of America that developed in several places during the late 18th and early 19th centuries; it was made up of secessions from three different religious denominations. It was influenced by settling the frontier as well as the formation of the new United States and its separation from Great Britain. The Christian Connection claimed to have no creed, instead professing to rely strictly on the Bible. In practice, members tended to cluster around various shared theological concepts, such as an Arminian theological anthropology (i.e. doctrine of human nature), a rejection of the Calvinist doctrine of election, and an autonomous form of church government. The Connexion's periodical, the Herald of Gospel Liberty (first published on September 1, 1808), is considered by some historians to be the first religious journal ever published in the U.S.. }
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- Christian_Connection abstract "The Christian Connection or Christian Connexion was a Christian movement in the United States of America that developed in several places during the late 18th and early 19th centuries; it was made up of secessions from three different religious denominations. It was influenced by settling the frontier as well as the formation of the new United States and its separation from Great Britain. The Christian Connection claimed to have no creed, instead professing to rely strictly on the Bible. In practice, members tended to cluster around various shared theological concepts, such as an Arminian theological anthropology (i.e. doctrine of human nature), a rejection of the Calvinist doctrine of election, and an autonomous form of church government. The Connexion's periodical, the Herald of Gospel Liberty (first published on September 1, 1808), is considered by some historians to be the first religious journal ever published in the U.S.".