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title: 'Review of Cooke’s An Essay on the Invalidity of Presbyterian Ordination'
type: pdf
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authors:
- 'Samuel Miller'
date: 1830-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Presbyterian Polity'
- 'Ecclesiology'
scriptures:
- 'Titus 1'
- 'Acts 6'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/miller-1830-review-of-cookes-an-essay-on-the-invalidity-of-presbyterian-ordination
---

# Review of Cooke’s An Essay on the Invalidity of Presbyterian Ordination

Review attacks John Esten Cooke’s claim that Presbyterian ordination is invalid and that apostolic prelacy existed. Defends Presbyterian practice, arguing prelacy lacks New Testament warrant.

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