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Show U ni tarianism in Utah has appeared been ever And, of so often present only because the disagreements have in the Unitarian Universalist movement. course, our denomination started because of dis agreement. Background "Unitarian Christianity" was delivered explanation of the theological position of a of Congregational ministers who were being forced Channing's as sermon the deliberate group cohesive group. Circumstances were forcing this of to from ministers their Congregational brethren group part because of a clash between the liberal and conservative views into a of God, Jesus, and the Bible. Although the liberals did not the conservatives- were isolating want to start a new sect, them. example, the orthodox ministers began to refuse to exchange pulpits, refuting a time-honored system, in an era where (Since ministers settled for life) this was the basic way of bringing opposing views into the parishes. As Conrad the liberals were forced to Wright puts it: "By 1819 to be accepted for what that the situation had acknowledge it was, and that, like it or not, they were becoming a distinct religious body." The First Independent Church of Baltimore had For ... its cornerstone laid in Sparks was June 1817. candidating. In In the fall of 1818 February 1819 he was Jared hired and arrange for his ordination and installa tion ceremony. Together a group of liberal ministers decided that this was the time to formally state their position. The he went to Boston to congregation of the Independent Church had built as a symbolic beginning of a new congregation, a new minister, and a new movement was too good to miss. Traveling 400 miles from Boston the group of liberals who would soon (1825) form the American place 328 it for liberals and the |
