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EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
Salvation by faith with an inner witness.
Heart purity and sanctity of walk.
A break from the religious scholasticism that suggested that it was necessary to be formally educated to be right with God and commissioned by Him.
Understanding that a building, such as a cathedral, is not necessary. Services could even be held in the open air. |
- 1703 John Wesley born
- 1723 Increase Mather
- William Penn
- 1730-1770 Great Awakening.
- 1730 John and Charles Wesley found Methodist
- 1732 Moravian Church starts mission work
- 1738 George Whitefield
- 1746 Jonathan Edwards
- 1791 John Wesley dies
- 1792 Charles Finney born
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- 1788, US Constitution ratified
- History of US wars
- First labor unions form in the last two decades of the 18th century. UnionFacts.com
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1789-1797 George Washington President
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1797-1801 John Adams President
- Many of the religious people rejected this restoration of the revelation of God, giving religious reasons for doing so.
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