User talk:KatherynHaddad/sandbox

I am American, but believe Americams can be egotistical. The Restoration Movement did not start in America. The American Restoration Movement did, but it began when members of the Bow Lane Church of Christ of London arrived aboard the Mayflower. The Restoration Movement was strong in England. Before denominations led by Calvin and Luther, there were restorations. Yes, Luther tried to reform the Catholic church, but most leaders tried to disassociate themselves from the Catholic Church. Even in the 1300s, the separatists called themselves the Church of Christ. They were congregational in leadership, had elders and deacons, kept the Lord's Supper every Sunday, did not believe the bread they were eating was actually Jesus' body and the wine they were drinking was actually Jesus' blood, and they immersed for forgiveness of sins.

You can refer to my book, "Writings of & About Churches of Christ in England 13th-17th Centuries" and Keith Sissman's book, "Traces of the Kingdom". My book has pictures of the actual original writing from which I copied word for word from the Old and Middle English what these English Restoration Movement leaders wrote. If I could not find the original in England's government and university archives, it did not go in my book. Sissman's book has pictures of places where congregations met.