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John Hayward

The Book Of Religions

John Hayward

Hayward's comprehensive comparative study of world religions and Christian denominations, covering Lutherans, Calvinists, Presbyterians, Episcopalians, Moravians, and other traditions with their distinctive doctrines and practices.

240 Chapters

Table of Contents

1 PREFACE. 2 LUTHERANS, OR, THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH. 3 CALVINISTS. 4 HOPKINSIANS. 5 ARIANS. 6 SOCINIANS. 7 HUMANITARIANS. 8 SECTARIANS. 9 CHURCH GOVERNMENT. 10 PRESBYTERIANS. 11 CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIANS. 12 EPISCOPALIANS. 13 Historical Notice Of The Church In The United States. 14 Articles Of Religion. 15 CAMBRIDGE AND SAYBROOK PLATFORMS. 16 MORAVIANS, OR UNITED BRETHREN. 17 TUNKERS. 18 MENNONITES, OR HARMLESS CHRISTIANS. 19 DISCIPLES OF CHRIST; SOMETIMES CALLED CAMPBELLITES, OR REFORMERS. 20 FRIENDS, OR QUAKERS. 21 SHAKERS, OR THE UNITED SOCIETY OF BELIEVERS. 22 REFORMATION. 23 REFORMED CHURCHES. 24 Reformed Dutch Church. 25 Reformed German Church. 26 RESTORATIONISTS. 27 UNIVERSALISTS. 28 Doctrine. 29 History. 30 ROMAN CATHOLICS. 31 BEREANS. 32 MATERIALISTS. 33 ARMINIANS. 34 METHODISTS, OR THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. 35 METHODISTS, OR THE METHODIST PROTESTANT CHURCH. 36 PROTESTANTS. 37 SABELLIANS. 38 SANDEMANIANS. 39 ANTINOMIANS. 40 PELAGIANS. 41 PRE-ADAMITES. 42 PREDESTINARIANS. 43 ORTHODOX CREEDS. 44 ANDOVER ORTHODOX CREED. 45 NEW HAVEN ORTHODOX CREED. 46 SWEDENBORGIANS, OR, THE NEW JERUSALEM CHURCH. 47 FIGHTING QUAKERS. 48 HARMONISTS. 49 DORRELITES. 50 OSGOODITES. 51 ROGERENES. 52 WHIPPERS. 53 WILKINSONIANS. 54 AQUARIANS. 55 BAXTERIANS. 56 MILLER'S VIEWS ON THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST. 57 COME-OUTERS. 58 JUMPERS. 59 BAPTISTS. 60 ANABAPTISTS. 61 FREE-WILL BAPTISTS. 62 SEVENTH-DAY BAPTISTS, OR SABBATARIANS, 63 SIX-PRINCIPLE BAPTISTS. 64 QUAKER BAPTISTS, OR KEITHIANS. 65 PEDOBAPTISTS. 66 ANTI-PEDOBAPTISTS. 67 UNITARIANS. 68 BROWNISTS. 69 PURITANS. 70 BOURIGNONISTS. 71 JEWS. 72 INDIAN RELIGIONS. 73 DEISTS. 74 ATHEISTS. 75 PANTHEISTS. 76 MAHOMETANS. 77 SIMONIANS. 78 PAGANS. 79 SATANIANS. 80 ABELIANS, OR ABELONIANS. 81 SUPRALAPSARIANS. 82 DANCERS. 83 EPICUREANS. 84 SKEPTICS. 85 WICKLIFFITES. 86 DIGGERS. 87 ZUINGLIANS. 88 SEEKERS. 89 WILHELMINIANS. 90 NON-RESISTANTS. 91 SOUTHCOTTERS. 92 FAMILY OF LOVE. 93 HUTCHINSONIANS. 94 MORMONITES, OR THE CHURCH OF THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS. 95 DALEITES. 96 EMANCIPATORS. 97 PERFECTIONISTS. 98 WALDENSES. 99 ALLENITES. 100 JOHNSONIANS. 101 DONATISTS. 102 SE-BAPTISTS. 103 RE-ANOINTERS. 104 TAO-SE, OR TAOU-TSZE. 105 QUIETISTS. 106 KNIPPERDOLINGS. 107 MENDAEANS, MENDAITES, MENDAI IJAHI, OR DISCIPLES OF ST. JOHN, THAT IS, THE BAPTIST. 108 MUGGLETONIANS. 109 YEZIDEES, OR WORSHIPPERS OF THE DEVIL. 110 GREEK OR RUSSIAN CHURCH. 111 PRIMITIVE CHRISTIANS. 112 TRINITARIANS. 113 MILLENARIANS. 114 WHITEFIELD CALVINISTIC METHODISTS. 115 NONJURORS. 116 NONCONFORMISTS. 117 CHRISTIAN CONNECTION. 118 PUSEYITES. 119 FREE COMMUNION BAPTISTS. 120 TRANSCENDENTALISTS. 121 AUGSBURG CONFESSION OF FAITH. 122 ARMENIANS. 123 PRIMITIVE METHODISTS. 124 NOVATIANS. 125 NESTORIANS. 126 HIGH-CHURCHMEN. 127 ANCIENT AMERICAN COVENANT OR CONFESSION OF FAITH. 128 Baptists. 129 Free-Will Baptists. 130 Seventh-Day Baptists. 131 Christian Connection. 132 Calvinistic Congregationalists. 133 Disciples Of Christ. 134 Episcopalians. 135 Friends. 136 Jews. 137 Lutherans. 138 Protestant Methodists. 139 Methodists. 140 Presbyterians. 141 Other Presbyterian Communities. 142 Reformed Dutch Church. 143 Roman Catholics. 144 Swedenborgians. 145 Unitarians. 146 Universalists. 147 MISSIONARY STATISTICS. 148 First Protestant Missions. 149 Moravian Missions. 150 London Missionary Society. 151 American Board Of Foreign Missions. 152 Presbyterian Board Of Foreign Missions. 153 English Baptist Missionary Society. 154 American Baptist Board Of Foreign Missions. 155 Free-Will Baptists. 156 Episcopal Missions. 157 Society For Propagating The Gospel Among The Indians And Others. 158 Wesleyan Or English Methodist Missionary Society. 159 Missions Of The Methodist Episcopal Church. 160 Seventh-Day Baptist Missionary Society. 161 French Protestant Missionary Society. 162 Netherlands Missionary Society. 163 Scottish Missionary Society. 164 German Missionary Society. 165 Church Of Scotland Missions. 166 Rhenish Missionary Society. 167 Missions Of The Roman Catholic Church. 168 Jews' Missionary Society. 169 Indians. 170 John Wickliffe. 171 Jerome of Prague. 172 John Huss. 173 John OEcolampadius. 174 Martin Luther. 175 Ulriucus Zuinglius. 176 Martin Bucer. 177 Philip Melancthon. 178 Peter Martyr. 179 Henry Bullinger. 180 John Knox. 181 John Calvin. 182 Jerome Zanchius. 183 Theodore Beza. 184 Leo X. 185 Justin. 186 Arius. 187 Athanasius. 188 Moses Maimonides. 189 John Agricola. 190 Michael Servetus. 191 Simonis Menno. 192 Francis Xavier. 193 Faustus Socinus. 194 Robert Brown. 195 James Arminius. 196 Francis Higginson. 197 Richard Baxter. 198 George Fox. 199 William Penn. 200 Benedict Spinoza. 201 Ann Lee. 202 John Glass. 203 George Keith. 204 Nicholas Louis, Count Zinzendorf. 205 William Courtney. 206 Richard Hooker. 207 Charles Chauncey. 208 Roger Williams. 209 John Clarke. 210 Ann Hutchinson. 211 Michael Molinos. 212 John Wesley. 213 George Whitefield. 214 Selina Huntingdon. 215 Robert Sandeman. 216 Samuel Hopkins. 217 Jonathan Mayhew. 218 Samuel Seabury. 219 Richard Clarke. 220 Joseph Priestly. 221 James Purves. 222 John Jebb. 223 John Gaspar Christian Lavater. 224 John Tillotson. 225 Isaac Newton. 226 Charles V. 227 Francis Bacon. 228 Matthew Hale. 229 Princess Elizabeth. 230 Robert Boyle. 231 John Locke. 232 Joseph Addison. 233 Isaac Watts. 234 Philip Doddridge. 235 John Murray. 236 Elhanan Winchester. 237 Saint Genevieve. 238 Gilbert Burnet. 239 THEOLOGICAL SCHOOLS. 240 FOOTNOTES

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