---
title: 'The Family Idea of the Church'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'James Addison Quarles, Sr.'
date: 1873-07-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Ecclesiology (General)'
- 'Family Worship'
scriptures:
- 'Genesis 5'
- 'Deuteronomy 29'
- 'Acts 2'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/quarles-1873-the-family-idea-of-the-church
---

# The Family Idea of the Church

Dabney argues the Christian family is the foundational covenant unit of the Church from Adam to the New Testament. He cites Scripture to defend infant inclusion and family-based polity.

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