---
title: 'Congregationalism and Symbolism'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'William Greenough Thayer Shedd'
date: 1858-07-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Ancient and Medieval Church History'
- 'Creeds and Confessions'
- 'Puritan'
scriptures:
- 'Matthew 11'
- 'Ephesians 4'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/shedd-1858-congregationalism-and-symbolism
---

# Congregationalism and Symbolism

Two 1858 essays: one traces the Greek Church from Constantine's founding of Constantinople; the other urges Congregationalists to strengthen denominational unity via creeds and Reformed theology.

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