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Campbellite
Campbellite is a mildly pejorative term referring to adherents of certain religious groups that have historic roots in the Restoration Movement, among whose most prominent 19th-century leaders were Thomas and Alexander Campbell. Members of these groups generally consider the term "Campbellite" inappropriate, saying that they are followers of Jesus, not Campbell. They draw parallels with Martin Luther's protest of the name "Lutherans" and the Anabaptists' protest of the name given to them by their enemies. With specific reference to the early Restoration Movement,
God's kingdom will be established.
Christadelphians believe these doctrines were introduced into Christendom after the 1st century in large part through exposure to pagan philosophy, and cannot be substantiated from the Biblical texts.
The Christadelphian sect was founded by John Thomas, M.D., an Englishman who grew up as a Congregationalist, experimented with Anglicanism, and received adult baptism in the Campbellite movement, before leaving to found the Christadelphians. Drawing on his Campbellite roots, he held that the original teachings of Jesus and the apostles had been corrupted