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The Philadelphia Bible-Christian Church was a fundamentalist protestant church organized in Philadelphia ca. 1817 by emigrants from England, where they had been members of the Sanford Bible-Christian Church. The sect required its members to be strictly vegetarian and to abstain from alcoholic bever...
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| Collection: | Philadelphia Bible-Christian Church Records |
| Collection Number: | 1944 |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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| 245 | 1 | |a Philadelphia Bible-Christian Church records |f 1817-1929 | |
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| 520 | |a The Philadelphia Bible-Christian Church was a fundamentalist protestant church organized in Philadelphia ca. 1817 by emigrants from England, where they had been members of the Sanford Bible-Christian Church. The sect required its members to be strictly vegetarian and to abstain from alcoholic beverages. Philadelphia Bible-Christian Church records include: record books, 1828-1919, containing minutes, financial records, addresses, correspondence, and reports; minutes, 1828-1929; registers, 1817-1929, recording the baptism of children, church attendance, deacon's meetings, membership, and interments; account books, 1865-1916; miscellaneous legal records, including marriage records and deeds for cemetery lots; and printed addresses, books, and pamphlets. Many of the Bible-Christian Church associated themselves with the American Vegetarian Society, organized in 1850, and the church's records include some material on that organization. | ||
| 541 | 1 | |a Gift of Frances M. Schiebner.; 1968 acquired | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Churches--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia. |2 Local sources | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Religion--Fundamentalism--19th century |2 Local sources | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Vegetarianism--19th century |2 Local sources | |
| 852 | |a The Historical Society of Pennsylvania |b Philadelphia Bible-Christian Church Records |l 1944 | ||