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17: 128:, and argues that this requires not just "withdrawal from counterfeit, apostate Christianity", but also "separation from disobedient brethren". The "refusal to associate with groups who endorse questionable doctrinal beliefs or moral practices" is known as "first-degree separation", while "second-degree separation" means "refraining from association or identification with groups or individuals who do not practice first-degree separation". 135:
affirms belief "in the principle of biblical separation which calls the individual and the church to holiness, being separated to God and from the world". Its statement of faith goes on to say that "ecclesiastical separation involves rejecting any fellowship with organizations which deny the cardinal
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laments that "biblical Separation from denominational heresy and apostasy (nowadays including homosexual immorality) is no longer widely followed by evangelicals." He argues that this has "led to a weakened, worldly, psychological evangelicalism in Britain". Masters' congregation, the
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6:17: "Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you." Dennis Costella bases his ideas of separation on God's
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was one of the early fundamentalist leaders to advocate ecclesiastical separation in a conference address in 1914. Gaebelein had left the
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in the 1930s and 1940s, separation meant leaving liberal denominations (he formed the
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The Church in history. Vol. 2. Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir's Seminary Press.
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Many separatist denominations and groups still exist today. For example, the
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In fundamentalism, ecclesiastical separatism is closely connected with the
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The historical development of major church branches from their roots
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Imperial unity and Christian divisions: The Church 450-680 A.D.
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Ecclesiastical separatism has also been associated with
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Index


Christian denominations
separating puritans
Church of England
dissenters
Christian fundamentalism
theological conservatism
theological liberalism
state churches
national churches
mainline Protestant denominations
full communion
altar and pulpit fellowship
George Marsden
Arno C. Gaebelein
Methodist Episcopal Church
Carl McIntire
Bible Presbyterian Church
National Council of Churches
American Council of Christian Churches
National Association of Evangelicals
doctrine of separation
2 Corinthians
holiness
Biblical Graduate School of Theology
Peter Masters
Metropolitan Tabernacle
Baptist Union of Great Britain
Marsden, George M.
Fundamentalism and American Culture

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