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connexionalism

connexionalism noun: the theological understanding and foundation of Methodist polity, as practised in the British Methodist Church, the American United Methodist Church, and many of the countries where Methodism was established by their missionaries.

Noun

connexionalism (uncountable)

  1. The theological understanding and foundation of Methodist polity, as practised in the British Methodist Church, the American United Methodist Church, and many of the countries where Methodism was established by their missionaries.
    • Can it be said that here is an application of Methodism's concept of connexionalism to the embodiment of koinonia? That no indications in the dialogue point overtly in this direction does not rule out the possibility of it being in the Methodist mind and heart.2008, Lorelei F. Fuchs, Koinonia and the Quest for an Ecumenical Ecclesiology

Forms of connexionalism

alternative formconnectionalism

Origin of connexionalism

From connexional + -ism.

Questions about connexionalism

What does connexionalism mean?
Connexionalism means the theological understanding and foundation of Methodist polity, as practised in the British Methodist Church, the American United Methodist Church, and many of the countries where Methodism was established by their missionaries.
What part of speech is connexionalism?
Connexionalism is a noun.

Words near connexionalism in the dictionary

  1. connexin
  2. connexing
  3. connexins
  4. connexion
  5. connexional
  6. connexionalism
  7. connexionalist
  8. connexionalists
  9. connexionally
  10. connexions
  11. connexity

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