German Evangelical Lutheran Trinity Congregation of the Unaltered Augsburg Confession v. Deutsche Evangelisch Lutherische Dreieinigkeits Gemeinde Ungeaenderter Augsburgische Confession
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Will coupff'y; the Hon. Charles B. Campbell, Judge, presiding. In the year 1848 a religious organisation was formed in the town of Crete, Will county, IJimois, at a place called Beebe’s Grove, under the name oW'Zion Lutheran Church,” and a church building was e/ected. In 1855 another religious congregation was farmed at Black Walnut, in said town of Crete, under thfe name of “St. John’s Lutheran Church,” and a church house was also erected.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Will coupff'y; the Hon. Charles B. Campbell, Judge, presiding. In the year 1848 a religious organisation was formed in the town of Crete, Will county, IJimois, at a place called Beebe’s Grove, under the name oW'Zion Lutheran Church,” and a church building was e/ected. In 1855 another religious congregation was farmed at Black Walnut, in said town of Crete, under thfe name of “St. John’s Lutheran Church,” and a church house was also erected. In 1858 the two congregations were consolidated and adopted the name of “Trinity^'Congregation.” In i860 the congregation…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Farmer
delivered the ójpiníon of the court:
While controversies between factions' of religious societies have frequently been the subject of litigation which has often reached courts of last resort, these controversies have usually arisen out of questions relating to religious beliefs, tenets and modes of worship. The controversy here under consideration involves no question of departure from faith or modes of worship by either of the factions. ■ Both claim, and the proof sustains the claim, that they adhere to the doctrines, tenets and modes of worship adopted by the society at its organization and…
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