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	Brethren (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Church of the United Brethren in Christ and the Brethren in Christ Church (or River Brethren) owe their origins to the combined labors of Reformed pastor Philip William Otterbein and Mennonite Martin Boehm, beginning in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in the latter half of the 18th century.
		The Social Brethren originated in Saline County, Illinois in 1867, the result of an attempt to put the slavery issue away in favor of uniting on a common belief in the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
		The Church of the Lutheran Brethren is neither Anabaptist nor pietistic, but is the result of a late 19th century spiritual awakening among Lutheran congregations in the upper midwestern United States.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/b/br/brethren.html (695 words)

	Brethren (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Brethren of the Common Life The Brethren of the Common Life was a religious community founded in the 1384, and was succe...
		Church of the Brethren The Church of the Brethren was organized by Alexander Mack, a miller, in Schwarzenau, communion,...
		Unity of the Brethren The Unity of the Brethren (Czech Jednota bratrská) is a 1415.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/brethren.html (461 words)

	19th Century Acculturation of the Brethren
		So heavily did the Brethren populate the mid-west and far-west that in 1822, Annual Meeting was first held to the west of the traditional thin Atlantic coastline.
		Western Brethren were more loosely aligned through a common mystic of survival in a harsh and unforgiving territory, and did not esteem Annual Meeting with the same degree of passion as their eastern counterparts.
		Elders of the German Baptist Brethren of Pennsylvania Eastern district were invited in 1898 to attend a meeting for the expressed purpose of founding an institution of higher education, and a committee subsequently recommended Elizabethtown as their choice location.
	www.cob-net.org /19th.htm (6929 words)

	Brethren - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Grace Brethren experienced a split in the 1990's, with a small number of conservative churches forming the Conservative Grace Brethren Church.
		The Moravian Brethren (also known as United Brethren or Unitas Fratum and Bohemian Brethren) descend from the followers of Jan Hus, a Czech reformer burned at the stake in 1415 and mainly Bohemian 15th century nobleman and theologist Peter Chelcicky.
		The Christadelphians, a nontrinitarian group, sometimes known as "Brethren in Christ" (Christadelphian is derived from the Greek words Christus (Christ) and adelphoi (brothers)).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brethren (797 words)

	MATER ET MAGISTRA ENCYCLICAL OF POPE JOHN XXIII ON MAY 15, 1961 To His Venerable Brethren
		This development in the social life of man is at once a symptom and a cause of the growing intervention of the State, even in matters which are of intimate concern to the individual, hence of great importance and not devoid of risk.
		So long as social relationships do in fact adhere to these principles within the framework of the moral order, their extension does not necessarily mean that individual citizens will be gravely discriminated against or excessively burdened.
		This explains why social and political movements for the harmonizing of justice and freedom in society, though until recently opposed to the private ownership of productive goods, are today reconsidering their position in the light of a clearer understanding of social history, and are in fact now declaring themselves in favor of this right.
	www.skepticfiles.org /faq/materet.htm (16741 words)

	Brethren Bibliography
		While most historical studies of the Brethren make some reference to the beliefs of the adherents of this movement, this is the first study devoted exclusively to an analysis of the beliefs of the founding members in the period roughly from 1706-1735.
		This is the definitive biography of Alexander Mack’s mentor, and according to Renkewitz “the spiritual father” of the Brethren movement.
		Mary Garber, House of the Church of the Brethren, 1950.
	www.cob-net.org /bibliography.htm (5264 words)

	Pope Pius XI 15 May 1931 Reconstruction of the Social Order
		Social charity, moreover, ought to be as the soul of this order, an order which public authority ought to be ever ready effectively to protect and defend.
		For Socialism, which could then be termed almost a single system and which maintained definite teachings reduced into one body of doctrine, has since then split chiefly into two sections, often opposing each other and even bitterly hostile, without either one however abandoning a position fundamentally contrary to Christian truth that was characteristic of Socialism.
		Socialism, on the other hand, wholly ignoring and indifferent to this sublime end of both man and society, affirms that human association has been instituted for the sake of material advantage alone.
	www.ewtn.com /library/ENCYC/P11QUADR.HTM (10088 words)

	Great Mission of the Church
		Brethren were again presented with the opportunity to witness in a new area where the Church of the Brethren could have a unique impact.
		While Brethren cannot ignore the social implications of the Gospel, we also cannot ignore that millions of people are entering eternity without hearing about the Christ who offers His people hope which extends beyond the simple pleasures or necessities of life.
		Many Brethren are troubled by the fact that during the restructure process it was decided to discontinue funding the proposed church planting project in South Korea.
	www.brfwitness.org /Articles/1998v33n3.htm (3292 words)

	White Unto Harvest: It's Different Over Here ~ Steve Wallace
		Brethren in churches in Italy and Spain have opposed institutional errors to the point that they have actually converted a good number of churches and brethren out of institutionalism.
		I was invited by the social studies/history teacher at the high school to come and talk about the church in Litomysl to some of his students who are taking a special survey course in social studies.
		Brethren from Sinapulan churches of Christ and neighbor churches evacuated due to turmoil that was done by the Muslims at Columbio, Sultan Kudarat that killed three persons on this day.
	www.watchmanmag.com /0708/070804.htm (17268 words)

	The Primary Ministry of the Church
		The Conference this year entered into discussion on items of less significance such as gun control, disarmament, the frequency of Conference, etc. The singing was good; the general spirit of the meeting was good; but the differences between the evangelical and the liberal understandings of the faith were frequently evident.
		The gospel of social revolution is superceding the New Testament Gospel of redemption.
		Social actionists are usually concerned with the symptoms of personal and social disorder, and ignore the cause of man's distress.
	brfwitness.org /Articles/1978v13n5.htm (2223 words)

	Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
		Like the Quakers and the Mennonites, the Church of the Brethren is a "historic peace church." For 300 years, since the denomination was founded in Europe, Brethren have not merely espoused pacifism -- they have attempted to live by it, too.
		A Brethren document entitled "How Do We Live Out Our Faith?" makes clear that pacifism is at the heart of their creed: "For many Brethren, how we live is as important as what we believe.
		Indeed, relief teams dispatched by the Brethren Service Center in Maryland were among the first aid workers to arrive in Manhattan after the Twin Towers fell and have provided more than 8,000 hours of service.
	www.motherjones.com /commentary/commons/2002/01/commons.html (1653 words)

	Mater et Magistra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		To His Venerable Brethren the Patriarchs, Primates, Archbishops, Bishops, and all other Local Ordinaries that are at Peace and in Communion with the Apostolic See, and to the Clergy and Faithful of the entire Catholic World.
		An outstanding instance of this social teaching and action carried on by the Church throughout the ages is undoubtedly that magnificent encyclical on the christianizing of the conditions of the working classes, Rerum Novarum, published seventy years ago by Our Predecessor, Leo XIII.[5]
		In conclusion, Venerable Brethren, We would remind you of that sublime truth of Catholic doctrine: our incorporation as living members in Christ's Mystical Body, the Church, "For as the body is one and hath many members; and all the members of the body, whereas they are many, yet are one body; so also is Christ."[60]
	www.osjspm.org /cst/mm.htm (17021 words)

	FREEMASONRY AND SOCIAL ENGLAND IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Brethren of these six Lodges were mostly Irish and no doubt many of them learnt their Masonry in Ireland, where a Grand Lodge had been established for that island, certainly from 1725 and perhaps even earlier.
		Its Brethren were drawn from men of a lower social status than were those in the Lodges under the premier Grand Lodge, thus widening still further the avenues through which the teachings of Freemasonry passed into the world at large.
		The Brethren I have named, as well as a host of other famous men too numerous to mention, were members of Lodges wherein Brethren drawn from all stations of life foregathered.
	www.bessel.org /helmer/social.htm (4222 words)

	United Brethren in Action - Runs social and evangelistic projects in Africa, supported by those in both Africa and the ...
		United Brethren in Action - Runs social and evangelistic projects in Africa, supported by those in both Africa and the African diaspora.
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		Runs social and evangelistic projects in Africa, supported by those in both Africa and the African diaspora.
	www.praize.com /engine/info/11558.html (214 words)

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