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title: 'Puritanism and the Creed'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'John Williamson Nevin'
date: 1849-11-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Ecclesiology (General)'
- 'Creeds and Confessions'
- 'American Presbyterian and Reformed History'
scriptures:
- 'Acts 2'
- 'Matthew 16'
- 'Ephesians 4'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/nevin-1849-puritanism-and-the-creed
---

# Puritanism and the Creed

Mid-19th-century critique of American sectarianism arguing Puritanism rejects the Apostles' Creed and favors independent churches; defends creeds and visible catholic unity.

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