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  Alexander Campbell
Alexander Campbell was born on September 12, 1788 in Ireland.
Thomas Campbell was preaching for the Secession Church of the Presbyterian faith.
Alexander Campbell was not excluded from the Baptist Church.
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 Sir Alexander Campbell - Canadian Confederation
Alexander Campbell articled with John A. Macdonald and became his partner at law for several years beginning in 1843.
Campbell was elected to the Legislative Council as the representative for Cataraqui (now Kingston and the Islands, Ontario) from 1858 to 1867.
Appointed to the Senate in 1867, Campbell acted as government leader from 1867 to 1873 and from 1878 to 1887, and as leader of the opposition from 1873 to 1878.
www.collectionscanada.ca /confederation/023001-2312-e.html   (199 words)

  
  Alexander Campbell (Restoration movement) Summary
Campbell's adherents were attracted by a similarity of purpose to the Christians in Kentucky associated with Barton W. Stone by 1832, and within a few years the two movements had largely merged.
Campbell was born in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, the son of a Presbyterian minister, Thomas Campbell.
Alexander Campbell (September 12, 1788 – March 4, 1866) was an early leader of a movement that began in 1800 with the goal of removing divisions between Christians, by returning believers in the New Testament to principles of "Truth and Union." This movement has since been called the Restoration Movement or the Stone-Campbell Movement.
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Alexander Campbell might have taught all the truth, he might have strayed from the truth, or he might have failed to recognize the truth through ignorance of lack of diligence.
Supposing that Alexander Campbell found and taught the truth, that is very good for him, yet it serves as no guarantee that the members of his movement possess the truth or have preserved his doctrines and teachings.
Alexander Campbell's function as an authority is frivolous to those whose religion is found exclusively in the New Testament.
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 Canadian History - Sir Alexander Campbell
Sir Alexander Campbell, K.C.M.G., is by name and blood a Scotchman, by birth an Englishman, and by adoption a Canadian.
He is a son of the late Dr. James Campbell, and was born in 1821 at the village of Hedon, near Kingston-upon-Hull, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
Campbell was alderman for one of the Queen's Counsel.
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 Alexander Campbell on the Deacon's Office
He saw the deacon as essentially a financial officer who was responsible for administering church funds to furnish the tables of the poor, the tables of the bishops and the Lord's table.
Campbell did not discuss the word "labor" as predicated of men in the New Testament, and he seems to have read into it here his own assumptions about what roles were appropriate for women.
Campbell's exegesis is for the most part not explicit in this essay, and some of his interpretations may be questioned, but it is clear that he believed the churches in the New Testament had female deacons who, like the male deacons, administered church finances in attending to the needs of the poor.
www.mun.ca /rels/restmov/texts/acampbell/acdeacon.html   (1621 words)

  
 Alexander Campbell: Apostle of Truth - William Blake
Alexander Campbell was born in County Antrim, Ireland, on September 13, 1788.
He was the son of Thomas Campbell (1763-1854), a minister of the seceder branch of the Presbyterian Church in Northern Ireland, and an honor graduate of the University of Glasgow.
Alexander Campbell is about sixty years old; has been blessed by nature with a fine constitution; has led a most active life, and consequently enjoys remarkable good health for one of his age, and his intellect is as vigorous as it was at twenty-five.
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 Alexander Campbell
Alexander Campbell is one of the most prevalent personal names in Scotland and among Scottish emigrant populations.
Alexander Campbell (protestant reformer)[?], one of the founders of the Disciples of Christ
Alexander Campbell (Canadian politician), one of the fathers of Confederation
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 The Campbellite Church by J. A. Shackelford
Campbell in immersing without having been immersed himself, was apparent to all, and a discussion arose in regard to the validity of these baptisms.
Campbell’s church became associated with the Red Stone Association of Baptists in Virginia, in 1813, and continued in this association for a time, when dissatisfaction arose in regard to their doctrinal views, upon the part of the association.
Campbell’s church dismissed about thirty of its members, including Alexander Campbell, to Wellsburg, Virginia, where they were constituted as a new church, and were admitted into the Mahoning Baptist Association of Ohio.
www.bereabaptistchurch.org /articles/ShackelfordJA/TheCampbelliteChurch.html   (631 words)

  
 Religion of Alexander Campbell (Stone-Campbell Restorationist)
Alexander Campbell's family background was Presbyterian (they were from Scotland), but he and his father became Baptists in 1812.
Alexander Campbell was born in Ireland, educated in Scotland, and emigrated to Pennsylvania with his father, Thomas Campbell, where both were immersed as believers and affiliated with the Baptist denomination in 1812.
The Campbell movement (the word "Campbellite" was a nickname coined in 1832) began as an effort to counteract the disunity of Christendom.
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 Alexander B. Campbell - KS-Cyclopedia - 1912
Alexander Campbell, the father of the subject of this sketch, was twice married, first in Ohio to Miss Anna McLeod.
Campbell has been a consistent supporter of the principles and policies of the Republican party for many years and has been active and influential in the work of that organization in Marshall county and has attended several State conventions of his party as a delegate.
Campbell was born at Lima, Ohio, and received her education in the public schools of Burlington, Kan., graduating in the high school, class of 1899.
skyways.lib.ks.us /kansas/genweb/archives/1912/c3/campbell_alexander_b.html   (839 words)

  
 Alexander Campbell - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Alexander Campbell - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Campbell, Alexander (1788-1866), American minister, a founder of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), or Campbellites.
Campbell (family), Scottish noble family, of the former county of Argyllshire, bearing the hereditary titles of earls, marquesses, and dukes of...
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 Alexander Campbell
Brookes, Iveson L. A Defense of Southern Slavery, Against the Attacks of Henry Clay and Alexander Campbell, Hamburg, South Carolina, Robinson and Carlisle, 1851.
Memoirs of Alexander Campbell, Embracing a View of the Origin, Progress and Principles of the Religious Reformation Which He Advocated, Philadelphia, J. Lippincott and Company, 1868-70.
Alexander Campbell: A Synthesis of Faith and Reason (1823-1860), Microfilm, Ann Arbor, Michigan, University Microfilm.
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 Robert Richardson's Memoirs of Alexander Campbell II (excerpts)
Campbell, upon rising, after a modest exordium which was well calculated to gain the favorable attention of the audience, went on to add some remarks in justification of the practice of public discussion which had been recently with himself and his father a subject of careful inquiry.
Campbell's earnestness to establish correct views of baptism did not proceed from any over-estimate of its importance, but simply from his love of truth and his desire that this institution should be allowed to occupy its proper place in the economy of the gospel.
Campbell had become fully convinced, both by observation and experience, that religious bigotry could not be overcome while the clergy were permitted to use their usurped and factitious power in fostering and supporting it, and he therefore sought to deprive them of an influence which they had consecrated to partyism.
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 The Christian System, Alexander Campbell, Baptism
Alexander Campbell in The Christian System on Remission of Sins shows that most scholars and most church creeds acknowledged that remission of sins was the purpose of baptism.
Campbell, like Jesus Christ, also warned that confusion and the loss of "the keys to knowledge" and there fore the kingdom are taken away by self-seekers.
Campbell was aligned with the Baptists at this time but when he was baptized he made it clear that he did not subscribe tot he Baptist views of baptism.
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 History of Southern Illinois ~ Biography of Bruce Alexander Campbell
Bruce Alexander Campbell, one of the leading members of the Southern Illinois bar, is now engaged in a large practice at East St. Louis, whence he came from Albion in 1905, and has been prominently identified with public matters for a number of years.
Campbell's great-grandfather was a member of the state legislature during the `twenties, and his grandfather during the early `fifties, while his father was defeated for the state senate in 1888.
Campbell has been very successful, and has earned the highest esteem both as a member of the bar and as a public official, while his warm personal friends, drawn to him by his many sterling qualities of character, are legion.
www.memoriallibrary.com /IL/South/Bios/C/Campbell~Bruce.htm   (591 words)

  
 The Church and Alexander Campbell
Alexander Campbell was an outstanding gospel preacher of the 19th century, but he was nothing more than that.
Campbell was not a religious authority (1 Thessalonians 2:13; 1 Peter 4:11); nor do members of the church hold him up as an authority.
Campbell simply called upon people to take the New Testament as their guide and accept the church of the New Testament as the only church authorized by God.
www.knollwoodchurch.org /yr2004/i07_campbell.html   (857 words)

  
 Alexander Campbell
Alexander Campbell was born in Frederick County, Virginia, in 1779.
Upon completion of his Senate term, Campbell returned to Ohio and remained actively involved in state politics, first in the House of Representatives (1819 and 1832-1833) and also in the Ohio Senate (1822-1824).
The last elected office that Campbell held was as mayor of Ripley, Ohio, from 1838 to 1840.
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 Alexander Campbell
Anyone who is aware of the history of religion in America (and probably in the world) has heard the name Alexander Campbell.
After some time his son Alexander was able to sail to America to rejoin his father.
For instance, the time came for Alexander to "baptize" his daughter as an infant.
www.wheelersburgchurch.com /articles/20020909campbell.htm   (528 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Alexander Campbell (Protestant Christianity, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Alexander Campbell 1788–1866, clergyman, cofounder with his father, Thomas Campbell, 1763–1854, of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).
Alexander Campbell, who had assumed leadership, advocated a return to scriptural simplicity in organization and doctrine; his followers became known as Reformers.
Many of the "Christians," led chiefly by Barton Warren Stone, joined congregations of the Disciples; in 1832 the two leaders agreed to unite their efforts.
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 Was Alexander Campbell's Baptism Invalid?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Quite bluntly, as per Warren's representative views of current Church of Christ opinions concerning baptism, Alexander Campbell, as well as his father, Thomas Campbell, never entered into "the state of being saved." In other words, both of the Campbells, based upon the known facts concerning their respective baptisms, are undeniably and irrevocably lost.
Not only that, but in spite of this fact, neither Alexander nor his father ever felt the necessity to be re-immersed when, a few years later, their understanding of the relationship between baptism and forgiveness of sins became more complete.
Based upon the known facts concerning the baptism of the Campbells, and based upon current Church of Christ opinion with regard to baptism, as represented by the above quotes from the pen of Thomas Warren, the baptism of Alexander Campbell, as well as that of his father, was indeed invalid.
www.theexaminer.org /volume2/number6/baptism.htm   (811 words)

  
 Alexander Campbell and Christ’s Church : ChristianCourier.com
Campbell never for a moment entertained the thought of becoming the head of a party or of allowing himself to he recognized as the founder of a religious denomination” (Memoirs, p.
Once when Campbell was in New Orleans, a local newspaper characterized him as the “founder” of a denomination.
Alexander Campbell was not baptized until 1812, and he continued to he affiliated with the Baptists until the 1820s.
www.christiancourier.com /articles/read/alexander_campbell_and_christs_church   (945 words)

  
 Alexander Campbell - Moviefone
So much has been written of Alexander Campbell, both by his admirers and his enemies,...
Alexander Campbell was born on September 12, 1788 in Ireland.
Alexander Campbell - Filmography, Biography, News, Photos, Birth date, Relationships, Alexander Campbell Film Clips, and Fun Facts on Moviefone.
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 Alexander Campbell and Church Cooperation - Lane
Campbell began a series of articles on the "Christian religion." He described the church built by Christ, in all her original glory, and effectively pointed out that the Lord's body was composed of local societies or churches, constituted and set in order by ministers of the New Testament.
(Campbell had previously attacked the irresponsibility of self-appointed preachers, and urged that all ministers should be ordained by the churches only after they had given full evidence of their character and qualifications.
It is interesting to note that when Campbell died in the early spring of 1866, he left nothing to the missionary organization of which he was yet president, and which was struggling mightily for funds.
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 Alexander Campbell Page
On Alexander Campbell as a Preacher by Heman Humphrey.
Alexander Campbell as a Preacher: A Study by Alexander McLean.
"Alexander Campbell, Matchless Defender of the Protestant Faith" by W. Hayden.
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 Alexander Campbell Saved? ~ Larry Ray Hafley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Understanding Campbell did not come to such conclusion till eight years after the fact and was never re-baptized for remission of sin.
Campbell's view of the purpose of baptism when he was baptized by Matthias Luce.
Third, we are asked if Alexander Campbell was saved if he never was baptized for the remission of sins.
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 Alexander Campbell And The Church Of Christ
In this brief synopsis of his life, it is not our intent either to deify or dehumanize Campbell, but to point out the hardships through which he went, the sacrifices which he made, and the labor in which he engaged as he determined to return to the simple teaching of the Word of God.
It was a Campbell family rule that each child in the household should memorize a verse of Scripture every day to recite at this family study.
However, at the birth of his first child, Alexander began to investigate this subject in greater detail, and after studying the word “baptize” in the Greek and finding that it meant immersion, he decided to be immersed.
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 Christian History - Alexander Campbell - 131 Christians Everyone Should Know
Separated by the Atlantic Ocean, Presbyterian preacher Thomas Campbell and his son Alexander simultaneously came to the same conclusion: the future was not with Presbyterianism.
That purist spirit eventually drove a wedge between Campbell and the Baptists, but it created an affinity with Barton Stone and his followers, some 10,000 strong and known simply as "Christians." They too were championing a "restoration" of primitive Christianity.
Stone's followers and Campbell's (some 12,000 known as "Disciples") merged in 1832 to form a loosely organized group of independent-minded churches committed to primitive Christianity—eventually called the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).
www.christianitytoday.com /history/special/131christians/campbell.html   (975 words)

  
 Alexander Campbell & The Apocrypha
I knew that Alexander Campbell qouted the Apocrypha in the MH several years ago.
Campbell quotes the Gospel of John (with identification) and then below it the quote from 1 Esdras (without identification).
Campbell, was an incredibly well read person and had an encyclopedic memory (he could quote the Gospels in the Greek!).
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