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Maintaining the right fellowship : a narrative account of life in the oldest Mennonite community in North America
- Title
- Maintaining the right fellowship : a narrative account of life in the oldest Mennonite community in North America / John L. Ruth ; commissioned by the Franconia Mennonite Conference of the Mennonite Church, and the Eastern District Conference of the General Conference of the General Conference Mennonite Church.
- Author
- Ruth, John L.
- Publication
- Scottdale, Pennsylvania ; Kitchener, Ontario : Herald Press, 1984.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Book/Text | Use in library | BX8117.P4 R87 1984 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 616 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm
- Series Statement
- Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite history ; no. 26
- Uniform Title
- Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite history ; no. 26.
- Subject
- Franconia Mennonite Conference > History
- General Conference Mennonite Church. Eastern District Conference > History
- Franconia Mennonite Conference
- Geschichte (1683-1947)
- Geschichte (1648-1732)
- Mennonites > Pennsylvania > History
- Mennonites
- Mennonites > Pennsylvania
- Mennoniten
- Pennsylvania > Church history
- Pennsylvania
- United States, Pennsylvania > Church history
- Pfalz
- Genre/Form
- Church history
- History
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 590-593.
- Contents
- General editor's preface -- Editorial committee's preface -- Author's preface -- "For the sake of their faith" (1648-1681) -- "Only ancient forest" (1682-1700) -- "They are a sober people... and will neither swear nor fight" (1700-1716) -- "In their own way and manner" (1717-1755) -- "Unlimited freedom" and "the flames of war" (1756-1786) -- "We will keep house as we understand it" (1787-1819) -- "The subject of assurance" vs. "the plain duties of a Christian" (1820-1839) -- "I thought I had a perfect right" (1840-1846) -- "This is not Christian" (1847) -- "Our reform" and "our people" (1848-1860) -- "Warfare : it's evils, our duty" (1861-1865) -- Faithfulness : covenant or mission? (1866-1890) -- Two paths into a new century (1891-1920) -- New faces, new doctrines, new congregations (1920-1930) -- "Conscience," "discipline," and "the original concept of the Church" (1930-1947) -- Epilogue: Restoring the right fellowship.
- ISBN
- 9780836112597
- 0836112598
- LCCN
- 83018579
- OCLC
- ocm09970684
- 9970684
- SCSB-607562
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library