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title: 'Fiction, No Defence of Truth: Or, A Review of Theodosia Earnest'
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authors:
- 'Robert Lewis Dabney'
date: 1859-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Denominational Literature'
- 'Church-State Relations'
scriptures:
- 'Romans 14'
- 'Acts 2'
- 'Matthew 28'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/dabney-1859-fiction-no-defence-of-truth-or-a-review-of-theodosia-earnest
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# Fiction, No Defence of Truth: Or, A Review of Theodosia Earnest

1859 Presbyterian review rebuking an immersionist novel for misrepresenting Presbyterians; defends Presbyterian practice, religious liberty, and rejects persecution over baptism.

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