---
title: 'The One Visible Church and the Many Denominations'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'James Addison Quarles, Sr.'
date: 1877-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Reformation History'
- 'Ecclesiology (General)'
scriptures:
- 'Matthew 16'
- 'Romans 11'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/quarles-1877-the-one-visible-church-and-the-many-denominations
---

# The One Visible Church and the Many Denominations

Profiles John Knox's English and Scottish reforming roles. Argues for one organic visible Church and critiques denominational claims to exclusive catholicity.

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