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  • 1Brethren — The Brethren are a number of Protestant Christian religious bodies using the word brethren in their names. In some cases these similarities of name reflect roots in the same early Brethren groups, and in others the adoption of Brethren as part of …

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  • 2Brethren in Christ Church — The Brethren in Christ Church (often abbreviated BIC) is an Anabaptist Christian denomination with roots in the Mennonite church, pietism, and Wesleyan holiness. They have also been known as River Brethren and River Mennonites .BackgroundThe BIC… …

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  • 3Brethren of the Free Spirit — The Brothers, or Brethren of the Free Spirit (Brüder und Schwestern des Freien Geistes), was a lay Christian movement which flourished in northern Europe in the 13th and 14th Centuries. Antinomian and individualist in outlook, it came into… …

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  • 4Brethren of Purity — (Ikhwan al Safa’)    Designating themselves with the Qur’anic sobriquet ‘Sleepers in the cave of our father Adam’, the Brethren of Purity were a secretive and mysterious group of philosophers centred on the cosmopolitan city of Basra. Their… …

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  • 5Brethren in Christ — ▪ religious organization also called  River Brethren,         Christian church in the United States and Canada. It developed among European settlers along the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania who came to America about 1750 and who were primarily …

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  • 6brethren — noun /ˈbrɛðrən/ the body of members, especially of a fraternal, religious or military order …

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  • 7Mennonite Brethren Church — The Mennonite Brethren Church was established among Russian Mennonites in 1860 and has congregations in more than 20 countries representing well over 300,000 believers as of 2003. Contents 1 History 2 Status 3 See also …

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  • 8Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches — The Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (CCMB) is an association of Mennonite Christians with origins in southern Russia. It is part of the larger Mennonite Brethren Church and shares some common history with the US Conference of… …

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  • 9Old German Baptist Brethren — Part of a series on the Schwarzenau Brethren (the German Baptists or Dunkers) …

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  • 10Church of the United Brethren in Christ — For the historic church building near Cincinnati, see United Brethren in Christ (Ohio). The Church of the United Brethren in Christ is an evangelical Christian denomination based in Huntington, Indiana. It is a Protestant denomination of… …

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