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*A religion that developed out of Congregationalism in the early 1800s. William Ellery Channing rejected many of Congregationalism's Calvinistic doctrines, including the belief that God would send unbaptized babies to eternal punishment and the belief that only certain people, the elect, were predestined to be saved. Channing taught that though Jesus Christ was the highest human being, he was not the Son of God. Channing believed humans have great potential for good if they use reason to back moral principles. Modern Unitarian sects believe that they can find light and truth from many sources. They practice no sacraments, though some congregations have rituals for initiation and fellowship. The Unitarians and Universalists merged in 1961 to form the Unitarian Universalist Church. | *A religion that developed out of Congregationalism in the early 1800s. William Ellery Channing rejected many of Congregationalism's Calvinistic doctrines, including the belief that God would send unbaptized babies to eternal punishment and the belief that only certain people, the elect, were predestined to be saved. Channing taught that though Jesus Christ was the highest human being, he was not the Son of God. Channing believed humans have great potential for good if they use reason to back moral principles. Modern Unitarian sects believe that they can find light and truth from many sources. They practice no sacraments, though some congregations have rituals for initiation and fellowship. The Unitarians and Universalists merged in 1961 to form the Unitarian Universalist Church. | ||
===== United Brethren ===== | ===== United Brethren ===== | ||
*A religion | *A religion formed in Pennsylvania in the 1800s by German Americans. The first members were in Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland, and Ohio, and they evenually spread across the country. In 1889 they split into two groups with one retaining the name Church of the United Brethren in Christ and the other merging first into the Evangelical United Brethren (1946) and later into the United Methodists (1968). | ||
===== United Church of Canada ===== | ===== United Church of Canada ===== | ||