Restorationism Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Plymouth Brethren=== {{Main|Plymouth Brethren}} [[File:JohnNelsonDarby.jpg|thumb|150px|right|John Nelson Darby]] The Plymouth Brethren is a [[conservative]], [[Evangelicalism|Evangelical]], restorationist movement whose origin can be traced to [[Dublin]], [[Ireland]], in 1827.<ref>{{cite web |first=Shawn |last=Abigail |date=June 2006 |title=What is the history of the 'Brethren'? |url=http://brethrenonline.org/faqs/Brethren.htm#3 |work="Plymouth Brethren" FAQ |access-date=12 June 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20160518150855/http://brethrenonline.org/faqs/Brethren.htm#3 |archive-date=18 May 2016 }}</ref><ref name=mackay1981>{{Cite book |first=Harold |last=Mackay |title=Assembly Distinctives |publisher=Everyday Publications |location=[[Scarborough, Toronto|Scarborough]], [[Ontario]] |year=1981 |isbn=978-0-88873-049-7 |oclc=15948378 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/assemblydistinct0000mack }}{{Page needed|date=September 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|first=John Gifford |last=Bellet |author-link=John Gifford Bellet |title=Interesting Reminiscences of the Early History of "Brethren" in and around 1827 |publisher=bruederbewegung.de |url=http://www.bruederbewegung.de/pdf/reminiscences.pdf |access-date=12 June 2009|display-authors=etal}}</ref> The title, "The Brethren", is one that many of their number are comfortable with, in that the [[Bible]] designates all believers as "brethren". The first English assembly was in [[Plymouth]] in 1831,<ref>{{Cite book|first=Jonathan D. |last=Burnham |year=2004 |title=A Story of Conflict: The Controversial Relationship Between Benjamin Wills Newton and John Nelson Darby |chapter=The Emergence of the Plymouth Brethren |publisher=[[Paternoster Press]] |location=[[Carlisle, Cumbria|Carlisle]] |isbn=978-1-84227-191-9 |oclc=56336926}}{{Page needed|date=September 2010}}</ref> where the movement became well known and assemblies diffused throughout Europe and beyond.<ref>{{Cite book|first=William Blair |last=Neatby |title=A History of the Plymouth Brethren |edition=2nd |location=London |publisher=Hodder and Stoughton |year=1902 |page=24 |oclc=11627558}}</ref> It was organised primarily by [[George Wigram]], [[Benjamin Wills Newton]] and [[John Nelson Darby]].<ref>{{Cite book|first=Elizabeth A. |last=Livingstone |year=2000 |title=The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |location=[[Oxford]] |isbn=978-0-19-280057-2 |oclc=46858944}}{{Page needed|date=September 2010}}</ref> The movement soon spread throughout the UK. By 1845, the first English assembly in Plymouth had over 1,000 souls in fellowship.<ref>{{Cite book|first=Napoleon |last=Noel |year=1936 |title=The History of the Brethren |publisher=Knapp |location=[[Denver]] |page=46 |oclc=2807272}}</ref> They became known as "the brethren from Plymouth", and were soon simply called "Plymouth Brethren". By 1848, divergence of practice and belief led to the development of two separate branches. The rift was caused primarily by a difference of opinions between [[John Nelson Darby]] and [[Benjamin Wills Newton]] in regards to [[eschatology]]. Despite more divisions, assemblies are still often generalized into two main categories: "[[Open Brethren]]" and "[[Exclusive Brethren]]".<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Philip H. Van Amerongen |first=Grant |last=Steidl |year=c. 1988 |title=Schematic Diagram of Brethren History |url=http://pnavce.tripod.com/brethrenhistory/id2.html |access-date=12 June 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207112358/http://pnavce.tripod.com/brethrenhistory/id2.html |archive-date=7 December 2008 }}</ref> [[John Duncan (theologian)|John Duncan]] criticized the Brethren movement saying "To end sectarianism, the [[Plymouth Brethren]] began by making a new sect, and that sect, of all sects, the most sectarian".<ref name="peebs">{{cite web |url=http://peebs.net/maint.html |title=Welcome |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130216104645/http://peebs.net/maint.html |archive-date=2013-02-16 }}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=February 2013}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page