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To: Cronos

fundamentalists (including those that influenced the baptist movement)

I don’t think that had to do with the restoration movements. I think it was a reaction to neo-orthodox theologians like Karl Barth and other due to questions about the inerrancy of scripture.


21 posted on 12/02/2011 12:13:51 PM PST by Augustinian monk
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To: Augustinian monk
I don’t think that had to do with the restoration movements.

Possibly. I just looked at it from a historical era point of view (of course there is no theological similarity between any of these) -- 1800s to early 1900s. Why do you say it had nothing to do with the restoration movements? Seriously -- I would like to learn more from your point of view

52 posted on 12/04/2011 10:16:10 PM PST by Cronos (Nuke Mecca and Medina now..)
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I don’t think that had to do with the restoration movements. I think it was a reaction to neo-orthodox theologians like Karl Barth and other due to questions about the inerrancy of scripture.

If I may, I believe I can interject a little first-hand knowledge of the situation here.

As a Fundamentalist, I can say that the restoration movement was not the genesis of modern Fundamentalism but rather it was as Augustinian monk suspected; a reaction to the influences of early neo-orthodox theologians, especially in regards to such topics as the inerrancy of Scripture and the literal nature of it's account, the Virgin Birth, the Bodily resurrection of Christ and the substitutionary atonement of Christ's death on the cross.

Now, that being said, I also agree that the restoration movement had some influence on most Fundamentalists, as we see them as Christian Brothers with a kindred desire to return to the fundamentals of the Faith. While the restoration movement generally generated independent Churches, the fundamentalism movement exists within both established denominations as well as those Churches who are a part of the restoration movement.

For example, while I currently go to a non-denominational Fundamentalist Church, I have in the past gone to a Church of Christ while looking for a new Church home. The reason that I decided against the Church of Christ was based upon my preferred style more than theology, as the CoC's theology was close enough to my own understanding of the Faith that I judged it to not be enough of a stumbling block to me to prohibit me from worshiping with them.

I hope that helps some to give you a better understanding of where we Fundamentalists actually are coming from, so to speak.

67 posted on 12/05/2011 8:43:16 AM PST by Avalon Hussar
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