W. Ellery Channing's Unitarian Christianity sermon lays out the principles of liberal Protestantism

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The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.2: American (US) Writing and Culture: The Nineteenth Century, 1783-1900.
Vol. editors: J. Michael Duvall (College of Charleston), Emory Elliott (University of California, Riverside), Stephen E. Meats (Pittsburg State University), Tony Papanikolas (San Jose State University)

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Date of occurrence 1819

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In Baltimore in 1819 William Ellery Channing (7th April, 1780 - 2nd October, 1842) delivered his sermon entitled 'Unitarian Christianity'. It laid out the principles of a liberal Protestantism that opposed Calvinistic orthodoxy, including a rejection of the Holy Trinity and a belief in human goodness rather than the innate sinfulness of man.

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