Ecclesiastical Characteristics: or, The Arcana of Church Policy. Being an Humble Attempt to Open Up the Mystery of Moderation

Satirical tract on ecclesiastical moderation in the Church of Scotland, outlining maxims for ‘moderate’ clergy, defending suspected heretics and proposing church policy.

John Witherspoon (1723 – 1794) was a Scottish-American Presbyterian minister, theologian, and college presidentwho led the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University),

shaped its curriculum, and trained a generation of early American leaders in both faith and civic responsibility. A signer of the Declaration of Independence and delegate to the Continental Congress from New Jersey, he played a significant role in the American Revolution and the founding of the United States, bringing Reformed principles to the nation’s political and educational life.

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