Glasite
Sign in to saveAlso known as Glasites, Glassites, Sandemanians
thumb|Glasite Meeting House, Perth, Scotland
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- organization
- Subclass of
- Christianity
- Image
- Glasite Meeting House, High Street, Perth, Scotland.JPG
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- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1999-00-00
- Commons category
- Glasites
- inception
- 1730-00-00
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Beliefs and practice
- Churches
- Sandemanian Churches in England
- Beyond London
- Sandemanian churches in America
- Decline
- Critics of Sandemanianism
- Sandemanian families and notable members
- Archives
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
thumb|Glasite Meeting House, Perth, Scotland
The Glasites or Glassites were a small Christian church founded in about 1730 in Scotland by John Glas. Glas's faith, as part of the First Great Awakening, was spread by his son-in-law Robert Sandeman into England and America, where the members were called Sandemanians.
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