---
title: 'Sketches of the Presbyterian Church'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Joel Edson Rockwell'
date: 1854-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Presbyterian Polity'
- 'Church History'
scriptures:
- 'Acts 1'
- 'Titus 1'
- 'Ephesians 5'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/rockwell-1854-sketches-of-the-presbyterian-church
---

# Sketches of the Presbyterian Church

Youth-oriented sketches defending Presbyterianism as primitive and apostolic; summarizes its history, principles, polity (elders/presbyters), worship, and reforms.

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