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S. Burns Weston
Samuel Burns Weston (March 10, 1855 – July 15, 1936) was an American Unitarian minister and editor. Weston was born in Madison, Maine. He received an A.B. in 1876 from Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio, and the degree of '' Sacrae Theologiae Baccalaureus'' from Harvard University in 1879. He then served as minister of the Unitarian Church in Leicester, Massachusetts until 1881. In 1885, he founded the Philadelphia Society for Ethical Culture, where he was lecturer until 1891 and director until 1934, after which was director emeritus. He was the managing editor of the society's journal, ''The Ethical Record'', which was published 1888–1890. In 1890 he became the first editor of the ''International Journal of Ethics International is an adjective (also used as a noun) meaning "between nations". International may also refer to: Music Albums * ''International'' (Kevin Michael album), 2011 * ''International'' (New Order album), 2002 * ''International'' (The T ...''. He mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unitarian Minister
Unitarianism () is a nontrinitarian sect of Christianity. Unitarian Christians affirm the unitary nature of God as the singular and unique creator of the universe, believe that Jesus Christ was inspired by God in his moral teachings and that he is the savior of mankind,. but he is not equal to God himself. Accordingly, Unitarians reject the Ecumenical Councils and ecumenical creeds, and sit outside traditional, mainstream Christianity. Unitarianism was established in order to restore "primitive Christianity before later corruptions set in". Likewise, Unitarian Christians generally reject the doctrine of original sin. The churchmanship of Unitarianism may include liberal denominations or Unitarian Christian denominations that are more conservative, with the latter being known as biblical Unitarians. The birth of the Unitarian faith is proximate to the Radical Reformation, beginning almost simultaneously among the Protestant Polish Brethren in the Polish–Lithuanian Comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
