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title: 'The Limit of the Church’s Power to Make Declarations'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
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authors:
- 'Francis Patrick Mullally'
date: 1895-10-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Apologetical Method'
- 'Ecclesiology (General)'
- 'Church-State Relations'
scriptures:
- 'Exodus 20'
- 'Romans 13'
- 'Acts 15'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/mullally-1895-the-limit-of-the-churchs-power-to-make-declarations
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# The Limit of the Church’s Power to Make Declarations

1895 Presbyterian Quarterly critiques Dr. Briggs' higher criticism and defends limits on church authority. Churches may proclaim moral truth but must not usurp secular or political power.

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