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Creator : Unitarian Christian Church Adelaide
Date of creation : 1870
Format : Poster
Dimensions : 440 x 590
Contributor : State Library catalogue
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The Unitarian Christian Church had its beginnings in Eastern Europe in the 16th century. The ethos of the movement was to promote personal choice in religion rather than adherence to dogma, with a particular belief in the 'oneness' of God, rather than the Christian Trinitarian view. The church's founders saw this as a return to a purer form of belief pre-dating the institutionalisation of the church under the Romans. The Unitarian Church flourished in England and America in the 1770s. The South Australian Unitarian Church was founded in 1855 and is the oldest congregation in Australia. In the 19th century many well-known Adelaide identities attended the Unitarian Church, including Alfred Simpson, Catherine Helen Spence and Edith Hubbe.

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Hubbe, Edith, 1859-1942

Simpson, Alfred, 1805-1891

Spence, Catherine Helen, 1825-1910

Woods, J.C. (John Crawford), 1824-1906

Unitarian Christian Church (Adelaide, S. Aust.)

Coverage year : 1870
Place : Adelaide (S. Aust.)
Further reading :
Hilliard, David. 'Dissenters from dissent: the Unitarians in South Australia', Journal of the Historical Society of South Australia, no. 11 (1983), pp. 92-104
Hilliard, David. The Unitarians in South Australia: an historical note, Adelaide, S. Aust.: Unitarian Quest, 1982
Hilliard, David and Whitham, Peter. Public lecture, Spence and Unitarianism [sound recording], 24 August 2004, OH 701/4
Simpson, Alfred Muller. Personal papers, 1808-1949, PRG 173
Spence, Catherine Helen. Personal papers, 1866-1910, PRG 88
Unitarian Christian Church Adelaide. Church records, 1854-1996, SRG 122
Woods, John Crawford. Reminiscences, n.d., D 5037 (L)
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