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title: 'Reasons for Withdrawing from the Communion of the Associate Synod of North America'
type: pdf
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authors:
- 'John McAuley'
date: 1867-11-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Church-State Relations'
- 'Westminster Standards'
scriptures:
- 'Philippians 3'
- 'Isaiah 12'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/mcauley-1867-reasons-for-withdrawing-from-the-communion-of-the-associate-synod-of-north-america
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# Reasons for Withdrawing from the Communion of the Associate Synod of North America

1867 Covenanter journal addressing church-state relations: critiques of the Associate Synod's refusal to recognize Christ's civil authority, disputes over constitutional amendments and national covenanting.

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