The Christian Israelite Church was founded in 1822 by
John Wroe
John Wroe (19 September 1782 – 5 February 1863) was a British evangelist who founded the Christian Israelite Church in the 1820s after having what he believed were a series of visions.
Biography
Wroe was born, on 19 September 1782, in the vi ...
.
History
From 1822 to 1831, the church had its headquarters in the town of
Ashton-under-Lyne
Ashton-under-Lyne is a market town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. The population was 45,198 at the 2011 census. Historically in Lancashire, it is on the north bank of the River Tame, in the foothills of the Pennines, east of Manche ...
,
Lancashire
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The non-metropolitan county of Lancash ...
,
United Kingdom
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, which the church wanted to turn into a "new Jerusalem". Wroe's followers intended to build a wall around the town with four gateways. The wall was never constructed, but the four gatehouses were, as was a printing press. Popular opinion in Ashton-under-Lyne turned against Wroe when he was accused of indecent behaviour in 1831, but the charges were dismissed. The Church spread to
Australia and the
United States
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, where it is still active.
Today there are groups of members meeting in Australia at locations including in
New South Wales
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in the
Sydney suburbs of and , the
Central Coast region and in the
Hunter Region; and in
Victoria
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* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
* Victoria, Seychelle ...
, in the
Melbourne
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suburb of
Fitzroy Fitzroy or FitzRoy may refer to:
People As a given name
*Several members of the Somerset family (Dukes of Beaufort) have this as a middle-name:
**FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (1788–1855)
** Henry Charles FitzRoy Somerset, 8th Duke of Beau ...
.
Beliefs
The church also believes there will be two resurrections.
[The Christian Israelite Church]
''Life Immortal. A short account of the Faith and Doctrines of the Christian Israelite Church.''
/ref> During the first one, everyone will resurrect, but only those who observed the Law of Moses - apart from the sacrificial laws - in conjunction with the Gospel
Gospel originally meant the Christian message (" the gospel"), but in the 2nd century it came to be used also for the books in which the message was set out. In this sense a gospel can be defined as a loose-knit, episodic narrative of the words a ...
commands and precepts, would attain salvation. On the other hand, the wicked and unrepentant would die a second death
The second death is an eschatological concept in Judaism, Christianity, and Mandaeism related to punishment after a first/initial death on Earth.
Judaism
Although the term is not found in the Hebrew Bible (the Canonical collection of Hebrew scri ...
, get punished during a Millennial
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period of a thousand years before they would resurrect for a second time to also receive salvation, but enjoy a lesser degree of spiritual life and happiness.
References
External links
Christian Israelite Church
(Official website)
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1822 establishments in the United Kingdom
Adventism
Christian denominations established in the 19th century
Christian denominations in Australia
Fundamentalist denominations
Religious organizations established in 1822