Churchianity

English Etymology en church Christianity. Pronunciation en /ˌt͡ʃɜːt͡ʃiˈænɪti/ RP en /ˌt͡ʃɝt͡ʃiˈænɪti/ US en ænɪti 5 Noun - en pejorative Any practices of Christianity that place a larger emphasis on the habits of church life or the institutional traditions of the church than on theology and spiritual teachings of Jesus; the quality of being too church-focused. en churchanity en 1789 The works of Samuel Parr, ...: With memoirs of his life and writings, and a selection from his correspondence w:Samuel Parr John Johnstone 1828 In October, 1789 (says Dr. Parr in the Sequel, p.99), when I preached for the Charity Schools at Birmingham, I earnestly recommended to the audience two admirable sermons which Dr. Priestley had written, &c. &c. / This commendation gave great offence; the name of the arch-heritic was poison to the orthodox ears of many of the congregation. One of them in the vestry, immediately after the sermon, ventured even to expostulate with the preacher; and to represent to him that the sermon recommended might he admirable and good Christian doctrine, but that the author was an enemy to the Church, and therefore ought never to be named within its sacred precincts. Parr heard him out, and then calmly replied, "Sir, you are the best vindicator of Churchianity I ever knew." 1 341 http://books.google.com/books?pg=PA341&dq=churchianity&ei=aMg9Tr71OrCx0AHdhunKAw&ct=result&id=tk8JAAAAQAAJ#v=onepage&q=churchianity&f=false en Lamps of the temple: shadows from the lights of the modern pulpit 329 Edwin Paxton Hood 1852 Such religion is Churchianity; it is not Christianity. Christianity means the religion where Christ is all; Churchianity, the religion where the Church is all en The Spiritual Crisis of the Gilded Age 69 Paul Carter 1971 the sweet and ineffectual Jesus of American Protestant churchianity. en Keeping Sane in a Crazy World 84 Charles Jenkins 2002 The Priest and Levite represent Churchly Movements, They represented Churchianity that is powerless to lift suffering humanity. What is wrong with the world today is that we have too much Churchianity and too little Christianity See also en ecclesiolatry en priestianity en sola ecclesia