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and the Bible as the inspired word of God, are "Brethren in Christ". The original group split, with one group continuing with the name "The Christadelphians" and the second group adding the word "Berean" to become the
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preached at Berea, and the inhabitants "... received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so", and many of them believed.
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Historically, the Bereans (also called Beroeans, Barclayans or Barclayites) were a Protestant sect following former Scottish
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in that they received the word with all readiness of mind and searched the scriptures daily whether those things were so."
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A new Protestant Christian group began in the 1850s in the United States under the tutelage of Dr. John Thomas. The name "
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Christadelphians, and Berean Christadelphians believe in the promises given to
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Protestant denominations established in the 19th century
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in 1773, the Berean Church followed a modified form of
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
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