---
title: 'Letters on the Elder Question'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'John Maclean, Jr.'
date: 1844-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Presbyterian Polity'
- 'American Presbyterian and Reformed History'
scriptures:
- 'Matthew 18'
- 'Acts 15'
- 'Titus 1'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/maclean-1844-letters-on-the-elder-question
---

# Letters on the Elder Question

John Maclean defends the Synod/Assembly rulings on Presbytery quorum and the role of ruling elders against Dr. R.J. Breckinridge's protests, arguing from the Form of Government and constitutional practice.

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