Immanuel Church Brentwood

Immanuel Church Brentwood

Here you’ll be able to listen to Sunday sermons from Immanuel Church Brentwood, adults’ Sunday school sessions, and occasional teaching series. 

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    A Tour Of Church History

    Andrew Grey leads the adult Sunday School session from 5th July in a 'Tour Of Church History'. Church History Tour: turning points… With thanks to Matthew Roberts, Trinity Church York Our aim: to understand the story of… “one holy catholic and apostolic church” against the magnetic pull of the world Church fathers: defining orthodoxy against many heresies, including Arianism: Jesus is not God “there was a when he was not” ➔ 325 Council of Nicea → Nicene Creed Pelagianism: we’re not really sinful The split between the Greek east… and the Latin west 1053 “filioque” = “and the Son” The authority of the Pope The Reformation: Christ alone… or Paganism? 1517 Martin Luther’s 95 Theses Against Indulgences Scripture… Grace… Faith… Christ… God’s glory… ALONE 1545 Roman Catholic Council of Trent Different groups within the Reformation church Radicals, e.g. Anabaptists – rejection of “catholicity” The “Reformed”: all of church & life to be reformed & ruled by Christ The “Lutherans”: emphasis on justification The Church of England: Hybrid = Reformed / Lutheran / ? Catholic / Vulnerable to Arminianism free will, God not sovereign “Latitudinarian” party = don’t worry about beliefs What is the church? during the Civil War… commonwealth… and restoration Episcopalians / Presbyterians / Independents / Baptists Also: radicals Quakers, Ranters etc – listen to inner light, not Scripture 1662 “Great Ejection” of 2,000 Puritan ministers → non-conformists The importance of experience 1738 John Wesley “strangely warmed” → Methodists Evangelicals: authority of the Bible, and necessity of conversion When a man called John Wesley went to a meeting of Christians in Aldersgate St in London. He was a Church of England clergyman. At this meeting just near the Barbican, he had an experience in which he said “I felt my heart strangely warmed. I felt I did trust in Christ, Christ alone, for salvation.” He understood this as his conversion. Liberalism 1799 Friedrich Schleiermacher “On religion: Speeches to Its Cultured Despisers” = “the Enlightenment is right… but we can save Christianity by saying it is all about our feelings.” - A form of romanticism - Authority of Scripture replaced by Authority of feelings - New version of Pelagianism (humans are basically good) and of Arianism (Jesus is not truly God) How does God work and speak? Pentecostal: 2-stage conversion, tongues, prophecy, healing Diagram: https://www.immanuelbrentwood.org/Publisher/File.aspx?ID=404633

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Here you’ll be able to listen to Sunday sermons from Immanuel Church Brentwood, adults’ Sunday school sessions, and occasional teaching series. 

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