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Definition: Disciples of Christ
Disciples of Christ
n : a Protestant church that accepts the Bible as the only
source of true Christian faith and practices baptism by
immersion [syn:
Christian Church]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Disciples of Christ
Disciple
\Dis*ci"ple\, n. [OE. disciple, deciple, OF. disciple,
fr. L. discipulus, fr. discere to learn (akin to docere to
teach; see
Docile) + prob. a root meaning to turn or drive,
as in L. pellere to drive (see
Pulse).]
One who receives instruction from another; a scholar; a
learner; especially, a follower who has learned to believe in
the truth of the doctrine of his teacher; an adherent in
doctrine; as, the disciples of Plato; the disciples of our
Savior.
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The disciples, or
The twelve disciples, the twelve
selected companions of Jesus; -- also called
the apostles
.
Disciples of Christ. See
Christian, n., 3, and
Campbellite.
Syn: Learner; scholar; pupil; follower; adherent.
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Christian
\Chris"tian\, n. [L. christianus, Gr. ?; cf. AS.
cristen. See
Christ.]
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1. One who believes, or professes or is assumed to believe,
in Jesus Christ, and the truth as taught by Him;
especially, one whose inward and outward life is conformed
to the doctrines of Christ.
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The disciples were called Christians first in
Antioch. --Acts xi. 26.
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2. One born in a Christian country or of Christian parents,
and who has not definitely becomes an adherent of an
opposing system.
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3. (Eccl.)
(a) One of a Christian denomination which rejects human
creeds as bases of fellowship, and sectarian names.
They are congregational in church government, and
baptize by immersion. They are also called
Disciples of Christ
, and
Campbellites.
(b) One of a sect (called
Christian Connection) of
open-communion immersionists. The Bible is their only
authoritative rule of faith and practice.
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Note: In this sense, often pronounced, but not by the members
of the sects, kr[=i]s"chan.
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