Preface.

[pg 003]Preface.A few years since, the Editor of the following pages published a volume ofâ€œReligious Creeds and Statistics;â€and, as the work, although quite limited, met with general approbation, he has been induced to publish another of the same nature, but on a much larger plan, trusting that it will prove more useful, and more worthy of public favor.His design has been, to exhibit to his readers, with the utmost impartiality and perspicuity, and as briefly as their nature will permit, the views, creeds, sentiments, or opinions, of all the religious sects or denominations in the world, so far as utility seemed to require such an exhibition; but more especially to give the rise, progress, and peculiarities, of all the principal schemes or systems of religion which exist in the United States at the present day.The work is intended to serve as a manual for those who are desirous of acquiring, with as little trouble as possible, a correct knowledge of the tenets or systems of religious faith, presented for the consideration of mankind;â€”to enable them, almost at a glance, to compare one creed or system with another, and each with the holy Scriptures;â€”to settle the minds of those who have formed no definite opinions on religious subjects;â€”and to lead us all, by contrasting the sacred truths and sublime beauties of Christianity with the absurd notions of pagan idolaters, of skeptics, and of infidels, to set a just value on the doctrines of HIMwho spake as never man spake.To accomplish this design, the Editor has obtained, from the most intelligent and candid among the living defenders of each denomination, full and explicit statements of their religious sentimentsâ€”such as they believe and teach. He is indebted to the friends of some new sects or parties in philosophy and religion, for an account of their respective views and opinions. With regard to[pg 004]anterior sects, he has noticed, from the best authorities, as large a number as is thought necessary for the comparison of ancient with modern creeds.The Church and Missionary Statistics are believed to be as accurate as can be constructed from materials which annually undergo greater or less changes.The Biographical Sketches are derived from the most authentic sources. While they convey useful knowledge in regard to the fathers and defenders of the various systems of religious faith, they may also stimulate our readers to the practice of those Christian virtues and graces which adorned the lives of many of them, and render their names immortal.A few only of the works from which valuable aid has been received, can be mentioned:â€”Mosheim and McLaine's Ecclesiastical History; Gregory and Ruter's Church History; EncyclopÃ¦dia Americana; Brown's Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge; Adams's View of Religions, and History of the Jews; Benedict's History of all Religions; Evans's Sketches; Buck's and Henderson's Theological Dictionaries; Eliot's, Allen's, and Blake's Biographical Dictionaries; Davenport; Watson; Grant's Nestorians, Coleman's Christian Antiquities; Ratio DisciplinÃ¦; Haydn's Dictionary of Dates, &c.To clergymen and laymen of all denominations, who have assisted the Editor in presenting their various views with clearness and fairness; to the secretaries of the several missionary boards; to editors of religious journals, and to other persons who have kindly furnished documents for the Statistics and Biographical Sketches, he tenders acknowledgments of unfeigned gratitude.While the Editor assures the public that the whole has been prepared with much diligence and care, and with an entire freedom from sectarian zeal or party bias, he cannot but indulge the hope that hisâ€œBook of Religionsâ€will prove acceptable and beneficial to the community, as imbodying a great variety of facts on a subject of deep concern, worthy of the exercise of our highest faculties, and requiring our most charitable conclusions.[pg 005]Index.Abelians, or Abelonians,243Addison, Joseph,417Agricola, John,370Allenites,280American Missions,336Anabaptists,190Ancient American Covenant,308Andover Orthodox Creed,138Antinomians,128Anti-Pedobaptists,196Apostles' Creed,102Aquarians,168Arians,18Arius,368Armenians,303Arminians,115Arminius, James,373Assembly's Catechism,141Athanasian Creed,102Athanasius,368Atheists,217Augsburg Confession,302Bacon, Francis,407Baptists,182,311,340Quaker,193Baptist Missions, English,339Baxter, Richard,376Baxterians,169Bereans,109Beza, Theodore,366Bible Chronology,175Biographical Sketches,350Bishops, Episcopal,314Bourignonists,201Boyle, Robert,412Brown, Robert,373Brownists,200Bucer, Martin,360Bullinger, Henry,363Burnet, Gilbert,429Calvin, John,365Calvinists,11,313Cambridge Platform,48Campbellites,58Charles V.,405Chauncey, Charles,385Christian Connection,295,313Christianity, Progress of,432Chronology, Bible,175Church Government,20Church Statistics,311Clarke, John,387Clarke, Richard,399Come-Outers,177Congregationalists,20,313Courtney, William,384Creed, Andover,138Apostles',102Athanasian,102Augsburg,302New Haven,142Nicene,105Orthodox,132Cumberland Presbyterians,25Daleites,272Dancers,244Deists,215[pg 006]Diggers,246Disciples of Christ,58,314Disciples of St John,284Dissenters. SeePuritans.Doddridge, Philip,420Donatists,281Dorrelites,164Dutch Reformed Church,88Elizabeth, Princess,411Emancipators,272English Baptist Missions,339â€”â€” Methodist Missions,343Epicureans,244Episcopalians,26,314,341Essenes,202Family of Love,259Fighting Quakers,162Fox, George,377Free Communion Baptists,300Free-Will Baptists,190,312,341French Missions,346Friends, or Quakers,64,319Genevieve,162,428German Missions,346German Reformed Church,90Glass, John,383Glassites,126Government, Church,20Greek Church,288Hale, Matthew,408Harmless Christians,57Harmonists,163Hicksites,74,319High Churchmen,308Higginson, Francis,310,374Hooker, Richard,385Hopkins, Samuel,397Hopkinsians,13Humanitarians,19Huntingdon, Lady Selina,395Huss, John,354Hutchinson, Ann,389Hutchinsonians,259Independents,20Indian Missions,342Religions,210Statistics,347Jebb, John,401Jerome of Prague,352Jews,202,319,347Johnsonians,280Jumpers,181Justin Martyr,368Keith, George,383Keithians,193Knipperdolings,283Knox, John,363Latter-Day Saints,260Lavater, John G. C.,402Lee, Ann,381Leo X.,367Locke, John415London Missionary Society,335Luther, Martin,355Lutherans,9,320Mahometans,220Maimonides, Moses,203,370Martyr, Peter,362Materialists,112Mayhew, Jonathan,398MendÃ¦ans,284Melancthon, Philip,361Mennonites,57Menno, Simonis,372Methodists, Episcopal,117,321Protestant,123,321[pg 007]Methodists, Primitive,305Methodists' Missions,344Views of Perfection,274Miller's Views on the Second Coming of Christ,170Millenarians,292Missionary Statistics,333Missions, American Foreign,336Missions, Indian,342Molinos, Michael,389Moravians,49,333Mormonites,260Muggletonians,284Murray, John,423N.Necessarians. SeeMaterialists.Nestorians,306Netherland Missions,346New Haven Orthodox Creed,142New Jerusalem Church,150Newton, Isaac,403Nicene Creed,105Nonconformists,294Nonjurors,294Non-Resistants,247Novatians,305Oberlin Views of Sanctification,278Å’colampadius, John,355Orthodox Creeds,132Osgoodites,166Pantheists,219Pagans,234Pedobaptists,193Pelagians,130Penn, William,378Perfectionists,274Pharisees,202Popes of Rome,326Pre-Adamites,131Predestinarians,132Presbyterians,22,322Cumberland,25Presbyterian Missions,338Priestley, Joseph,400Primitive Christians,290Methodists,305Princess Elizabeth,411Progress of Christianity,432Protestants,125Protestant Methodists,123,321Missions,333Puritans,200Purves, James,401Puseyites,299Quakers, or Friends,64Quaker Baptists,193Quietists,283Ranters. SeeSeekers.Re-Anointers,282Reformation,85Reformed Churches,88Reformed Dutch Church,88,324German Church,90Rhenish Missions,347Restorationists,91Rogerenes,166Roman Catholics,102,324,347Russian Church,288Sabbatarians,191Sabellians,125Sadducees,202Sanctification, Views on,278Sandemanians,126Sandeman, Robert,396Satanians,243Saybrook Platform,48Seabury, Samuel,33,398Schools, Theological,432Scottish Missions,346,347Se-Baptists,281Sectarians,20[pg 008]Seekers,247Servetus, Michael,371Seventh-Day Baptists,191,312,345Shakers,75Simonians,233Six-Principle Baptists,192Skeptics,245Socinius, Faustus,372Socinians,19Southcotters,255Spinoza, Benedict,380Statistics of Churches,311of Missions,333Succession of Bishops,315Supralapsarians,243Swedenborg,150Swedenborgians,150,330Tao-Se,282Taylor's (Dr.) Views,142Theological Schools,432Tillotson, John,402Transcendentalists,301Trinitarians,290Tunkers, or Tumblers,55Unitarians,196,331United Brethren,49United Society of Believers,75Universalists,95,331Waldenses,279Water-Drinkers,168Watts, Isaac,418Wesley, John,390Wesleyan Missions,343Westminster Catechism,141Whippers,167Whitefield, George,393Whitefield Methodists,293Wickliffe, John,350Wickliffites,245Wilhelminians,247Wilkinsonians,167Williams, Roger,386Winchester, Elhanan,425Worshippers of the Devil,285Xavier, Francis,161,372Yezidees, or Worshippers of the Devil,285Zanchius, Jerome,366Zinzendorf, Count,383Zuinglius, Ulricus,359Zuinglians,246[pg 009]

Preface.A few years since, the Editor of the following pages published a volume ofâ€œReligious Creeds and Statistics;â€and, as the work, although quite limited, met with general approbation, he has been induced to publish another of the same nature, but on a much larger plan, trusting that it will prove more useful, and more worthy of public favor.His design has been, to exhibit to his readers, with the utmost impartiality and perspicuity, and as briefly as their nature will permit, the views, creeds, sentiments, or opinions, of all the religious sects or denominations in the world, so far as utility seemed to require such an exhibition; but more especially to give the rise, progress, and peculiarities, of all the principal schemes or systems of religion which exist in the United States at the present day.The work is intended to serve as a manual for those who are desirous of acquiring, with as little trouble as possible, a correct knowledge of the tenets or systems of religious faith, presented for the consideration of mankind;â€”to enable them, almost at a glance, to compare one creed or system with another, and each with the holy Scriptures;â€”to settle the minds of those who have formed no definite opinions on religious subjects;â€”and to lead us all, by contrasting the sacred truths and sublime beauties of Christianity with the absurd notions of pagan idolaters, of skeptics, and of infidels, to set a just value on the doctrines of HIMwho spake as never man spake.To accomplish this design, the Editor has obtained, from the most intelligent and candid among the living defenders of each denomination, full and explicit statements of their religious sentimentsâ€”such as they believe and teach. He is indebted to the friends of some new sects or parties in philosophy and religion, for an account of their respective views and opinions. With regard to[pg 004]anterior sects, he has noticed, from the best authorities, as large a number as is thought necessary for the comparison of ancient with modern creeds.The Church and Missionary Statistics are believed to be as accurate as can be constructed from materials which annually undergo greater or less changes.The Biographical Sketches are derived from the most authentic sources. While they convey useful knowledge in regard to the fathers and defenders of the various systems of religious faith, they may also stimulate our readers to the practice of those Christian virtues and graces which adorned the lives of many of them, and render their names immortal.A few only of the works from which valuable aid has been received, can be mentioned:â€”Mosheim and McLaine's Ecclesiastical History; Gregory and Ruter's Church History; EncyclopÃ¦dia Americana; Brown's Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge; Adams's View of Religions, and History of the Jews; Benedict's History of all Religions; Evans's Sketches; Buck's and Henderson's Theological Dictionaries; Eliot's, Allen's, and Blake's Biographical Dictionaries; Davenport; Watson; Grant's Nestorians, Coleman's Christian Antiquities; Ratio DisciplinÃ¦; Haydn's Dictionary of Dates, &c.To clergymen and laymen of all denominations, who have assisted the Editor in presenting their various views with clearness and fairness; to the secretaries of the several missionary boards; to editors of religious journals, and to other persons who have kindly furnished documents for the Statistics and Biographical Sketches, he tenders acknowledgments of unfeigned gratitude.While the Editor assures the public that the whole has been prepared with much diligence and care, and with an entire freedom from sectarian zeal or party bias, he cannot but indulge the hope that hisâ€œBook of Religionsâ€will prove acceptable and beneficial to the community, as imbodying a great variety of facts on a subject of deep concern, worthy of the exercise of our highest faculties, and requiring our most charitable conclusions.

A few years since, the Editor of the following pages published a volume ofâ€œReligious Creeds and Statistics;â€and, as the work, although quite limited, met with general approbation, he has been induced to publish another of the same nature, but on a much larger plan, trusting that it will prove more useful, and more worthy of public favor.

His design has been, to exhibit to his readers, with the utmost impartiality and perspicuity, and as briefly as their nature will permit, the views, creeds, sentiments, or opinions, of all the religious sects or denominations in the world, so far as utility seemed to require such an exhibition; but more especially to give the rise, progress, and peculiarities, of all the principal schemes or systems of religion which exist in the United States at the present day.

The work is intended to serve as a manual for those who are desirous of acquiring, with as little trouble as possible, a correct knowledge of the tenets or systems of religious faith, presented for the consideration of mankind;â€”to enable them, almost at a glance, to compare one creed or system with another, and each with the holy Scriptures;â€”to settle the minds of those who have formed no definite opinions on religious subjects;â€”and to lead us all, by contrasting the sacred truths and sublime beauties of Christianity with the absurd notions of pagan idolaters, of skeptics, and of infidels, to set a just value on the doctrines of HIMwho spake as never man spake.

To accomplish this design, the Editor has obtained, from the most intelligent and candid among the living defenders of each denomination, full and explicit statements of their religious sentimentsâ€”such as they believe and teach. He is indebted to the friends of some new sects or parties in philosophy and religion, for an account of their respective views and opinions. With regard to[pg 004]anterior sects, he has noticed, from the best authorities, as large a number as is thought necessary for the comparison of ancient with modern creeds.

The Church and Missionary Statistics are believed to be as accurate as can be constructed from materials which annually undergo greater or less changes.

The Biographical Sketches are derived from the most authentic sources. While they convey useful knowledge in regard to the fathers and defenders of the various systems of religious faith, they may also stimulate our readers to the practice of those Christian virtues and graces which adorned the lives of many of them, and render their names immortal.

A few only of the works from which valuable aid has been received, can be mentioned:â€”Mosheim and McLaine's Ecclesiastical History; Gregory and Ruter's Church History; EncyclopÃ¦dia Americana; Brown's Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge; Adams's View of Religions, and History of the Jews; Benedict's History of all Religions; Evans's Sketches; Buck's and Henderson's Theological Dictionaries; Eliot's, Allen's, and Blake's Biographical Dictionaries; Davenport; Watson; Grant's Nestorians, Coleman's Christian Antiquities; Ratio DisciplinÃ¦; Haydn's Dictionary of Dates, &c.

To clergymen and laymen of all denominations, who have assisted the Editor in presenting their various views with clearness and fairness; to the secretaries of the several missionary boards; to editors of religious journals, and to other persons who have kindly furnished documents for the Statistics and Biographical Sketches, he tenders acknowledgments of unfeigned gratitude.

While the Editor assures the public that the whole has been prepared with much diligence and care, and with an entire freedom from sectarian zeal or party bias, he cannot but indulge the hope that hisâ€œBook of Religionsâ€will prove acceptable and beneficial to the community, as imbodying a great variety of facts on a subject of deep concern, worthy of the exercise of our highest faculties, and requiring our most charitable conclusions.

Index.Abelians, or Abelonians,243Addison, Joseph,417Agricola, John,370Allenites,280American Missions,336Anabaptists,190Ancient American Covenant,308Andover Orthodox Creed,138Antinomians,128Anti-Pedobaptists,196Apostles' Creed,102Aquarians,168Arians,18Arius,368Armenians,303Arminians,115Arminius, James,373Assembly's Catechism,141Athanasian Creed,102Athanasius,368Atheists,217Augsburg Confession,302Bacon, Francis,407Baptists,182,311,340Quaker,193Baptist Missions, English,339Baxter, Richard,376Baxterians,169Bereans,109Beza, Theodore,366Bible Chronology,175Biographical Sketches,350Bishops, Episcopal,314Bourignonists,201Boyle, Robert,412Brown, Robert,373Brownists,200Bucer, Martin,360Bullinger, Henry,363Burnet, Gilbert,429Calvin, John,365Calvinists,11,313Cambridge Platform,48Campbellites,58Charles V.,405Chauncey, Charles,385Christian Connection,295,313Christianity, Progress of,432Chronology, Bible,175Church Government,20Church Statistics,311Clarke, John,387Clarke, Richard,399Come-Outers,177Congregationalists,20,313Courtney, William,384Creed, Andover,138Apostles',102Athanasian,102Augsburg,302New Haven,142Nicene,105Orthodox,132Cumberland Presbyterians,25Daleites,272Dancers,244Deists,215[pg 006]Diggers,246Disciples of Christ,58,314Disciples of St John,284Dissenters. SeePuritans.Doddridge, Philip,420Donatists,281Dorrelites,164Dutch Reformed Church,88Elizabeth, Princess,411Emancipators,272English Baptist Missions,339â€”â€” Methodist Missions,343Epicureans,244Episcopalians,26,314,341Essenes,202Family of Love,259Fighting Quakers,162Fox, George,377Free Communion Baptists,300Free-Will Baptists,190,312,341French Missions,346Friends, or Quakers,64,319Genevieve,162,428German Missions,346German Reformed Church,90Glass, John,383Glassites,126Government, Church,20Greek Church,288Hale, Matthew,408Harmless Christians,57Harmonists,163Hicksites,74,319High Churchmen,308Higginson, Francis,310,374Hooker, Richard,385Hopkins, Samuel,397Hopkinsians,13Humanitarians,19Huntingdon, Lady Selina,395Huss, John,354Hutchinson, Ann,389Hutchinsonians,259Independents,20Indian Missions,342Religions,210Statistics,347Jebb, John,401Jerome of Prague,352Jews,202,319,347Johnsonians,280Jumpers,181Justin Martyr,368Keith, George,383Keithians,193Knipperdolings,283Knox, John,363Latter-Day Saints,260Lavater, John G. C.,402Lee, Ann,381Leo X.,367Locke, John415London Missionary Society,335Luther, Martin,355Lutherans,9,320Mahometans,220Maimonides, Moses,203,370Martyr, Peter,362Materialists,112Mayhew, Jonathan,398MendÃ¦ans,284Melancthon, Philip,361Mennonites,57Menno, Simonis,372Methodists, Episcopal,117,321Protestant,123,321[pg 007]Methodists, Primitive,305Methodists' Missions,344Views of Perfection,274Miller's Views on the Second Coming of Christ,170Millenarians,292Missionary Statistics,333Missions, American Foreign,336Missions, Indian,342Molinos, Michael,389Moravians,49,333Mormonites,260Muggletonians,284Murray, John,423N.Necessarians. SeeMaterialists.Nestorians,306Netherland Missions,346New Haven Orthodox Creed,142New Jerusalem Church,150Newton, Isaac,403Nicene Creed,105Nonconformists,294Nonjurors,294Non-Resistants,247Novatians,305Oberlin Views of Sanctification,278Å’colampadius, John,355Orthodox Creeds,132Osgoodites,166Pantheists,219Pagans,234Pedobaptists,193Pelagians,130Penn, William,378Perfectionists,274Pharisees,202Popes of Rome,326Pre-Adamites,131Predestinarians,132Presbyterians,22,322Cumberland,25Presbyterian Missions,338Priestley, Joseph,400Primitive Christians,290Methodists,305Princess Elizabeth,411Progress of Christianity,432Protestants,125Protestant Methodists,123,321Missions,333Puritans,200Purves, James,401Puseyites,299Quakers, or Friends,64Quaker Baptists,193Quietists,283Ranters. SeeSeekers.Re-Anointers,282Reformation,85Reformed Churches,88Reformed Dutch Church,88,324German Church,90Rhenish Missions,347Restorationists,91Rogerenes,166Roman Catholics,102,324,347Russian Church,288Sabbatarians,191Sabellians,125Sadducees,202Sanctification, Views on,278Sandemanians,126Sandeman, Robert,396Satanians,243Saybrook Platform,48Seabury, Samuel,33,398Schools, Theological,432Scottish Missions,346,347Se-Baptists,281Sectarians,20[pg 008]Seekers,247Servetus, Michael,371Seventh-Day Baptists,191,312,345Shakers,75Simonians,233Six-Principle Baptists,192Skeptics,245Socinius, Faustus,372Socinians,19Southcotters,255Spinoza, Benedict,380Statistics of Churches,311of Missions,333Succession of Bishops,315Supralapsarians,243Swedenborg,150Swedenborgians,150,330Tao-Se,282Taylor's (Dr.) Views,142Theological Schools,432Tillotson, John,402Transcendentalists,301Trinitarians,290Tunkers, or Tumblers,55Unitarians,196,331United Brethren,49United Society of Believers,75Universalists,95,331Waldenses,279Water-Drinkers,168Watts, Isaac,418Wesley, John,390Wesleyan Missions,343Westminster Catechism,141Whippers,167Whitefield, George,393Whitefield Methodists,293Wickliffe, John,350Wickliffites,245Wilhelminians,247Wilkinsonians,167Williams, Roger,386Winchester, Elhanan,425Worshippers of the Devil,285Xavier, Francis,161,372Yezidees, or Worshippers of the Devil,285Zanchius, Jerome,366Zinzendorf, Count,383Zuinglius, Ulricus,359Zuinglians,246

Abelians, or Abelonians,243

Addison, Joseph,417

Agricola, John,370

Allenites,280

American Missions,336

Anabaptists,190

Ancient American Covenant,308

Andover Orthodox Creed,138

Antinomians,128

Anti-Pedobaptists,196

Apostles' Creed,102

Aquarians,168

Arians,18

Arius,368

Armenians,303

Arminians,115

Arminius, James,373

Assembly's Catechism,141

Athanasian Creed,102

Athanasius,368

Atheists,217

Augsburg Confession,302

Bacon, Francis,407

Baptists,182,311,340Quaker,193

Baptists,182,311,340

Quaker,193

Baptist Missions, English,339

Baxter, Richard,376

Baxterians,169

Bereans,109

Beza, Theodore,366

Bible Chronology,175

Biographical Sketches,350

Bishops, Episcopal,314

Bourignonists,201

Boyle, Robert,412

Brown, Robert,373

Brownists,200

Bucer, Martin,360

Bullinger, Henry,363

Burnet, Gilbert,429

Calvin, John,365

Calvinists,11,313

Cambridge Platform,48

Campbellites,58

Charles V.,405

Chauncey, Charles,385

Christian Connection,295,313

Christianity, Progress of,432

Chronology, Bible,175

Church Government,20

Church Statistics,311

Clarke, John,387

Clarke, Richard,399

Come-Outers,177

Congregationalists,20,313

Courtney, William,384

Creed, Andover,138Apostles',102Athanasian,102Augsburg,302New Haven,142Nicene,105Orthodox,132

Creed, Andover,138

Apostles',102

Athanasian,102

Augsburg,302

New Haven,142

Nicene,105

Orthodox,132

Cumberland Presbyterians,25

Daleites,272

Dancers,244

Deists,215

Diggers,246

Disciples of Christ,58,314

Disciples of St John,284

Dissenters. SeePuritans.

Doddridge, Philip,420

Donatists,281

Dorrelites,164

Dutch Reformed Church,88

Elizabeth, Princess,411

Emancipators,272

English Baptist Missions,339

â€”â€” Methodist Missions,343

Epicureans,244

Episcopalians,26,314,341

Essenes,202

Family of Love,259

Fighting Quakers,162

Fox, George,377

Free Communion Baptists,300

Free-Will Baptists,190,312,341

French Missions,346

Friends, or Quakers,64,319

Genevieve,162,428

German Missions,346

German Reformed Church,90

Glass, John,383

Glassites,126

Government, Church,20

Greek Church,288

Hale, Matthew,408

Harmless Christians,57

Harmonists,163

Hicksites,74,319

High Churchmen,308

Higginson, Francis,310,374

Hooker, Richard,385

Hopkins, Samuel,397

Hopkinsians,13

Humanitarians,19

Huntingdon, Lady Selina,395

Huss, John,354

Hutchinson, Ann,389

Hutchinsonians,259

Independents,20

Indian Missions,342Religions,210Statistics,347

Indian Missions,342

Religions,210

Statistics,347

Jebb, John,401

Jerome of Prague,352

Jews,202,319,347

Johnsonians,280

Jumpers,181

Justin Martyr,368

Keith, George,383

Keithians,193

Knipperdolings,283

Knox, John,363

Latter-Day Saints,260

Lavater, John G. C.,402

Lee, Ann,381

Leo X.,367

Locke, John415

London Missionary Society,335

Luther, Martin,355

Lutherans,9,320

Mahometans,220

Maimonides, Moses,203,370

Martyr, Peter,362

Materialists,112

Mayhew, Jonathan,398

MendÃ¦ans,284

Melancthon, Philip,361

Mennonites,57

Menno, Simonis,372

Methodists, Episcopal,117,321Protestant,123,321[pg 007]Methodists, Primitive,305Methodists' Missions,344Views of Perfection,274

Methodists, Episcopal,117,321

Protestant,123,321

Methodists, Primitive,305

Methodists' Missions,344

Views of Perfection,274

Miller's Views on the Second Coming of Christ,170

Millenarians,292

Missionary Statistics,333

Missions, American Foreign,336

Missions, Indian,342

Molinos, Michael,389

Moravians,49,333

Mormonites,260

Muggletonians,284

Murray, John,423

Necessarians. SeeMaterialists.

Nestorians,306

Netherland Missions,346

New Haven Orthodox Creed,142

New Jerusalem Church,150

Newton, Isaac,403

Nicene Creed,105

Nonconformists,294

Nonjurors,294

Non-Resistants,247

Novatians,305

Oberlin Views of Sanctification,278

Å’colampadius, John,355

Orthodox Creeds,132

Osgoodites,166

Pantheists,219

Pagans,234

Pedobaptists,193

Pelagians,130

Penn, William,378

Perfectionists,274

Pharisees,202

Popes of Rome,326

Pre-Adamites,131

Predestinarians,132

Presbyterians,22,322Cumberland,25

Presbyterians,22,322

Cumberland,25

Presbyterian Missions,338

Priestley, Joseph,400

Primitive Christians,290Methodists,305

Primitive Christians,290

Methodists,305

Princess Elizabeth,411

Progress of Christianity,432

Protestants,125

Protestant Methodists,123,321Missions,333

Protestant Methodists,123,321

Missions,333

Puritans,200

Purves, James,401

Puseyites,299

Quakers, or Friends,64

Quaker Baptists,193

Quietists,283

Ranters. SeeSeekers.

Re-Anointers,282

Reformation,85

Reformed Churches,88

Reformed Dutch Church,88,324German Church,90

Reformed Dutch Church,88,324

German Church,90

Rhenish Missions,347

Restorationists,91

Rogerenes,166

Roman Catholics,102,324,347

Russian Church,288

Sabbatarians,191

Sabellians,125

Sadducees,202

Sanctification, Views on,278

Sandemanians,126

Sandeman, Robert,396

Satanians,243

Saybrook Platform,48

Seabury, Samuel,33,398

Schools, Theological,432

Scottish Missions,346,347

Se-Baptists,281

Sectarians,20

Seekers,247

Servetus, Michael,371

Seventh-Day Baptists,191,312,345

Shakers,75

Simonians,233

Six-Principle Baptists,192

Skeptics,245

Socinius, Faustus,372

Socinians,19

Southcotters,255

Spinoza, Benedict,380

Statistics of Churches,311of Missions,333

Statistics of Churches,311

of Missions,333

Succession of Bishops,315

Supralapsarians,243

Swedenborg,150

Swedenborgians,150,330

Tao-Se,282

Taylor's (Dr.) Views,142

Theological Schools,432

Tillotson, John,402

Transcendentalists,301

Trinitarians,290

Tunkers, or Tumblers,55

Unitarians,196,331

United Brethren,49

United Society of Believers,75

Universalists,95,331

Waldenses,279

Water-Drinkers,168

Watts, Isaac,418

Wesley, John,390

Wesleyan Missions,343

Westminster Catechism,141

Whippers,167

Whitefield, George,393

Whitefield Methodists,293

Wickliffe, John,350

Wickliffites,245

Wilhelminians,247

Wilkinsonians,167

Williams, Roger,386

Winchester, Elhanan,425

Worshippers of the Devil,285

Xavier, Francis,161,372

Yezidees, or Worshippers of the Devil,285

Zanchius, Jerome,366

Zinzendorf, Count,383

Zuinglius, Ulricus,359

Zuinglians,246

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