Excerpt from Methodist Expansion in North Carolina After the Revolution SO much for the two largest denominations in North Caro lina. There were also the Quakers, well organized in some of the eastern and at least one of the piedmont counties; but they were a distinct social class rather than an aggressive denomina tion. The Moravians had a worthy and heroic history, but not until recent years have they sought an increase of mem bership. The progress of the Lutherans and German Re formed had been seriously checked by the ...
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Excerpt from Methodist Expansion in North Carolina After the Revolution SO much for the two largest denominations in North Caro lina. There were also the Quakers, well organized in some of the eastern and at least one of the piedmont counties; but they were a distinct social class rather than an aggressive denomina tion. The Moravians had a worthy and heroic history, but not until recent years have they sought an increase of mem bership. The progress of the Lutherans and German Re formed had been seriously checked by the interruption of intercourse with Europe during the war. Most significant was the condition of the Anglicans. Throughout the South the Church of England was prostrate. Among its communicants in North Carolina were a number of revolutionary leaders and its clergy were as a rule true to the patriot cause. But its tra dition of close alliance with the British colonial system was a serious hindrance, there was no local episcopate, and early efforts to organize the diocese of North Carolina failed In strong contrast to this condition of suspended animation in the South was the virility of the church in the North. There the support of the colonial government had never been so thor ough yet after the war bishops were elected and consecrated for the states of Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and New York and in 1785 the General Convention of the Protestant Episco pal Church was organized. Evidently there was an opportunity for a church that had an organization suitable for a distinct propaganda, that was free from doctrinal disputes, and that was thoroughly conse crated to some elemental Christian truth which would appeal to the people. In Methodism the hour and the opportunity met. The line of expansion seems to have been determined in quite a measure by the relative strength of the Anglicans. In 1783 eighty per cent of the Methodist membership was in the South, in 1800 sixty per cent, and in 1810 fifty - seven per cent; in other words, the new denomination took hold most rapidly in that section in which the Church of England was most pros trate. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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