The debates on church government at the Westminster Assembly of Divines 1643-1646
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[The purpose of this dissertation is to analyze the
debates on church government at the Westminster Assembly of
Divines, 1643-1646. The major primary sources are the official
minutes of the assembly and the personal memoirs of
three participants: John Lightfoot, George Gillespie, and
Robert Baillie. This is a historical, descriptive, and
critical study.
The Westminster Assembly was summoned to advise the
Long Parliament on reforming the doctrine, liturgy, and
government of the Church of England. For more than a year
the ministers struggled to devise the best form of church
government--one that would conform both to the Bible and to
the practice of other Reformed churches. Their recommendations
were supposed to provide the basis for parliamentary
legislation on the church.]
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