Campbellite
Americannoun
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A term of mild contempt, Campbellite is also rejected by those to whom the term applies. These Christians prefer to associate themselves with the teachings of Christ, rather than the teachings of Alexander Campbell.
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Origin of Campbellite
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At 19 she was a sophisticated young lady who had been to Nashville, read the works of James Oliver Curwood. and belonged to the fashionable Campbellite Church.
From Time Magazine Archive
He attended Hiram College, a Campbellite institution, kept detailed diaries in which he developed grandiose poetic projects, studied the Bible and Poe, aspired to be both a major prophet and an independent thinker.
From Time Magazine Archive
Franklin College was a Campbellite Institution or what is now known as the Christian Church Institution.
From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920 by Various
He was a Campbellite preacher who, according to Ford, had been a public defaulter and had been "silenced" by his church.
From The Story of the Mormons, from the date of their origin to the year 1901 by William Alexander Linn
In December, 1830, Sidney Rigdon, a Campbellite preacher near Mentor, O., became a convert.
From The Mormon Puzzle, and How to Solve It by R. W. Beers
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