159 Years Ago Today: 

Alexander Campbell, founder of the Disciples of Christ and the Church of Christ, dies.

He sought desperately to get back to a "simple evangelical Christianity" founded on the Bible alone. Only this—not creeds or confessions or liturgy—could bring unity to Christians:

"The testimony of the Apostles is the only and all-sufficient means of uniting Christians"
159 Years Ago Today:  Alexander Campbell, founder of the Disciples of Christ and the Church of Christ, dies. He sought desperately to get back to a "simple evangelical Christianity" founded on the Bible alone. Only this—not creeds or confessions or liturgy—could bring unity to Christians: "The testimony of the Apostles is the only and all-sufficient means of uniting Christians"
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