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Originally Posted by Scott Pitta
Social Purity was also called marital purity. It began in Texas around 1895. BH Irwin and others promoted it. Irwin found his way to the Azuza Street Mission and then for a short period to Oakland (in 1907). In 1909 Irwin was back in Los Angeles and then faded away from history.
How Harry Morse and Lydia Swinton learned of the social purity doctrine, I do not know. They did not spend any time in Texas. Irwin or someone else must have brought it to California.
Who else promoted the social purity doctrine. It taught that married couples were to remain celebrate.
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The movement called the School of Prophets whose founder was William Sowders taught social purity.