Presbytery and not prelacy : the scriptural and primitive polity, proved from the testimonies of scripture, the fathers, the schoolmen, the reformers, and the English and oriental churches : also, the antiquity of presbytery, including an account of the ancient Culdees, and of St. Patrick
Print Book, English, 1843
Crocker and Brewster ; Robert Carter, Jonathan Leavitt, and Wiley and Putnam ; J. Whetham and Son, William S. Martien, and Perkins and Purves ; Weed and Wilson ; Thomas Carter ; Wiley and Putnam, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Charleston, 1843
568 pages ; 24 cm
2108400
Book I: Presbytery, the Scriptural and Apostolical order of the Church of Christ
Chapter I: The true Apostolical or ministerial succession claimed by Presbyterians
Chapter II: The claims of Presbytery to the ministerial succession sustained by the condition of the church during our Lord's ministry
Chapter III: The claims of presbytery to the true Apostolical or ministerial succession, sustained by the character and condition of the church when our Lord ascended up into Heaven
Chapter IV. The claims of presbytery to the ministerial succession sustained by an appeal to the apostolic age of the church
Chapter V. Prebyters are clothed by apostolic authority with all the functions of the ministry
Chapter VI: Presbyters are clothed, by divine right, with the power of ecclesiastical jurisdiction
Chapter VII: Presbyters are, by divine right, clothed with the power of ordination
Chapter VIII: Presbyters are, by divine right, clothed with the power of ordination. The subject continued, and proof given, that the ordination of Timothy was conferred by Presbyters
Chapter IX. Presbyters are clothed with the power of ordination. The subject continued
Chapter X. The presbyters have the power of ordination, proved by an appeal to antiquity
Chapter XI. On deacons, as a third order of the Christian ministry
Chapter XII. The alleged prelatical character of Epaphroditus, of Timothy and Titus, of James, and of the seven angels, examined and disproved
Chapter XIII. The alleged prelatical character of the Jewish church examined and disproved
Chapter XIV. The argument for prelacy, derived from its early prevalence and alleged universality, examined and disproved; and its gradual introduction clearly accounted for
Book II: The claims of Presbytery to the true Apostolical or ministerial succession sustained by an appeal to the fathers, the schoolmen, the reformers, and to the Romish, Anglican, and other churches
Chapter I. Preliminary remarks on the nature, design, and value of the testimony of the fathers Chapter II. The testimony of the apostolic fathers to the claims of Presbytery to the true ministerial succession
Chapter III . The testimony of the primitive fathers, in favor of the claims of Presbytery to the true ministerial succession
Chapter IV. The testimony of the later fathers in favor of the claims of Presbytery to the true ministerial succession
Chapter V. The testimony of the schoolmen, or fathers of the later and Middle Ages, to the claims of Presbytery
Chapter VI. The testimony of the Romish, Greek, and Syrian churches, in favor of the claims of Presbytery
Chapter VII. The testimony of the reformed churches, including the English, to the claim of Presbytery to the true Apostolical or ministerial succession
Book III: The antiquity of Presbytery: with an exhibition of the Presbyterianism of the ancient Culdees of Ireland and Scotland, and also of St. Patrick
Chapter I. The antiquity of Presbytery
Chapter II. The antiquity of Presbytery, continued
Chapter III. The antiquity of Presbytery. The same subject continued