CMS (Christianity) (English) CMS

...The seemingly stable Church of England system was destabilized by the emergence of the Stuart dynasty, and in 1640, the bishopric and the prayer book, which were linked to absolute monarchy, were abolished, but were re-established with the restoration of the monarchy in 1660. The Puritans refused to follow the faith and became nonconformists, and after the Glorious Revolution in 1688, they formed the Free Church. The Anglican Church's overseas missionary work, which began when the British people went abroad, was carried out by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in foreign parts (SPG) and the Church Missionary Society (CMS). After the Oxford Movement, the former advocated Anglo-Catholicism and the latter Low Church evangelism and worked to spread the gospel around the world. In Japan, the first missionaries were CM Williams and John Liggins of the Anglican Church in 1859, and the first missionaries were sent by the CMS in 1669 and the SPG four years later. ...

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…安定したかに見えた国教会体制はスチュアート朝の登場によって危うくされ，1640年，絶対王政と結びついた主教制と祈禱書は廃止されたが，60年王政復古とともに再確立し，ピューリタンは信従を拒否して非国教徒となり，88年の名誉革命後は自由教会を形成した。　イギリス国民の海外進出とともに始まるアングリカン･チャーチの海外伝道は福音宣教協会(Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in foreign parts，略称SPG)と教会宣教協会(Church Missionary Society，略称CMS)によって進められ，オックスフォード運動以後は，前者がアングロ･カトリック主義を，後者が低教会派の福音主義を標榜して世界各地で伝道に努めた。日本では1859年アメリカ聖公会のC.M.ウィリアムズとリギンズJohn Ligginsが最初の宣教師として伝道を開始し，CMSが69年，SPGがその4年後に最初の宣教師を送り込んだ。…

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