Would you agree these 5 doctrines are the fundementals:
Christianity[edit]
Main article:
Christian fundamentalism
Christian fundamentalism has been defined by
George Marsden as the demand for a strict adherence to certain theological doctrines, in reaction against
Modernist theology.
[12] The term was originally coined by its supporters to describe what they claimed were five specific classic theological beliefs of Christianity, and that developed into a
Christian fundamentalist movement within the Protestant community of the United States in the early part of the 20th century.
[13] Fundamentalism as a movement arose in the United States, starting among
conservative Presbyterian theologians at
Princeton Theological Seminary in the late 19th century. It soon spread to conservatives among the
Baptists and other denominations around 1910 to 1920. The movement's purpose was to reaffirm key theological tenets and defend them against the challenges of
liberal theology and
higher criticism.
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The concept of "fundamentalism" has roots in the
Niagara Bible Conferences that were held annually between 1878 and 1897. During those conferences, the tenets considered
fundamental to Christian belief were identified.
"Fundamentalism" was prefigured by
The Fundamentals: A Testimony To The Truth, a collection of twelve pamphlets published between 1910 and 1915, by brothers Milton and
Lyman Stewart. It is widely considered to be the foundation of modern Christian fundamentalism.
In 1910, the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church identified what became known as the
five fundamentals:
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In 1920, the word "fundamentalist" was first used in print by Curtis Lee Laws, editor of "The Watchman Examiner," a Baptist newspaper.
[16] Laws proposed that those Christians who were fighting for the fundamentals of the faith should be called "fundamentalists."
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Theological conservatives who rallied around the five fundamentals came to be known as "fundamentalists". They rejected the existence of commonalities with theologically related religious traditions, such as the grouping of Christianity,
Islam, and
Judaism into one
Abrahamic family of religions.
[3] By contrast, while
Evangelical groups (such as the
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association) typically agree with the "fundamentals" as they are expressed in
The Fundamentals, they are often willing to participate in events with religious groups which do not hold to the essential doctrines.
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