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title: 'Argument on the Magistrate’s Power Circa-Sacra'
type: pdf
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authors:
- 'William Sloane'
date: 1834-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Church-State Relations'
- 'American Presbyterian and Reformed History'
- 'Presbyterian Polity'
scriptures:
- 'Romans 13'
- 'Deuteronomy 17'
- 'Exodus 18'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/sloane-1834-argument-on-the-magistrates-power-circa-sacra
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# Argument on the Magistrate’s Power Circa-Sacra

Minutes of the 1834 Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church (Pittsburgh) debating the magistrate’s power over church affairs, opposing Erastianism and defending Presbyterian church-state distinctions.

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