Our Beliefs, the African Methodist Episcopal Church's own official statement of its doctrinal basis, the Apostles' Creed and its Twenty-Five Articles of Religion, published on the denomination's own website, carries direct authority for what the AME Church itself teaches, including its own plain statement that its 1816 founding was not a result of doctrinal disagreement with the wider Methodist tradition it split from. Its strength is that direct denominational authority. Its limit is that it states the church's own position, not an independent historical account of how that position developed, which independent church history scholarship should supply.
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Our Beliefs, the African Methodist Episcopal Church's own official statement of its doctrinal basis, published on the denomination's own website, the top tier reflecting direct denominational authority for what the AME Church itself teaches, including its own plain statement that its 1816 founding was not a result of doctrinal disagreement with the wider Methodist tradition. Its limit is that it states the church's own position, not an independent historical account of how that position developed. NotesThe denomination stating its own doctrinal basis: the Apostles Creed and the Twenty-Five Articles of Religion. Also states plainly that the split from the main branch of Methodism was not a result of doctrinal differences.
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AuthorAfrican Methodist Episcopal Church
PublisherAfrican Methodist Episcopal Church
URLhttps://www.ame-church.com/our-church/our-beliefs/
Source TypeOfficial doctrinal statement
Claims Backed By This Source (11 claims)
This source backs 11 claims across the atlas. As facts: 8 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 held Differently. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
- Denominations, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Doctrines, 2 claims: 1 held Differently, 1 general references.
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