Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy PART SEVEN Non-Mainstream Christians

I. Introduction: Many Gods, Many Christs

II. Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries

A. Unitarian Universalists B. Swedenborgians

III. Nineteenth Century

A. Mormons B. Christadelphians C. Christian Science

IV. Twentieth Century

A. Jehovah’s Witnesses B. Unification Church (“Moonies”)

V. Conclusions

Appendix: Series Conclusions Appendix: Further Reading

A. Orthodox Sources

Books

Pelikan, Jaroslav. The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine, Vol. 5: Christian Doctrine and Modern Culture (Since 1700). University of Chicago Press, 1989. (written while Pelikan was still Lutheran)

Websites

OrthodoxWiki:Mormonism http://orthodoxwiki.org/Mormonism OrthodoxWiki:Jehovah’s Witnesses: http://orthodoxwiki.org/Jehovah's_Witnesses

B. Other Sources

Christadelphia World Wide: http://www.christadelphia.org/ Jehovah’s Witnesses: http://www.watchtower.org/ Mother Church of Christian Science: http://www.tfccs.com/ Mormonism: Official site: http://www.mormon.org/ Criticism: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_the_Latter_Day_Saint_movement Utah Lighthouse Ministry: http://www.utlm.org/ - Detailed, extensive LDS criticism from a descendant of Brigham Young and her husband Swedenborgian Church: http://www.swedenborg.org/ Unification Church: http://www.unification.org/ Unitarian Universalist Association: http://www.uua.org/

C. Other References

OrthodoxWiki: http://www.orthodoxwiki.org/ ReligionFacts: http://www.religionfacts.com/

The list above is by no means exhaustive, but it represents some of the sources used for putting this presentation together. The reader is admonished to dig deep and focus on primary sources when exploring this subject. There is also some relevant material in the Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church .

There are not many Orthodox sources on these non-mainstream Christian groups.