Exclusive Brethren
Notable Exclusive Brethren
This is a list of individuals associated with various branches of the Exclusive Brethren for at least a part of their lives. It includes, but is not limited to, members of the hardline Plymouth Brethren Christian Church.
Exclusive Brethren
The Exclusive Brethren are a branch of the Plymouth Brethren movement that originated from a definitive split in approximately 1848. This division separated the original movement into two distinct factions: the Open Brethren (Brethren II) and the Exclusive Brethren.
Exclusive Brethren
The central disagreement concerned church authority and discipline. The Exclusive Brethren believed that congregations were spiritually interconnected, meaning that disciplinary decisions made by one congregation—such as excommunication—were binding on all others within the fellowship. By contrast, the Open Brethren held that each congregation was autonomous and not required to enforce disciplinary decisions made elsewhere.
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