---
title: 'Individual Liberty and Church Authority'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'John Lafayette Girardeau'
date: 1889-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Christian Liberty'
- 'Ecclesiology'
scriptures:
- 'Romans 14'
- 'Galatians 5'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/girardeau-1889-individual-liberty-and-church-authority
---

# Individual Liberty and Church Authority

Sermon: conscience and private judgment must be governed by Scripture; Christian liberty exists but is limited by the Bible, love for weaker brethren, and church authority.

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