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title: 'The Talmage Case, and the Complainants Before the Synod of Long Island'
type: pdf
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authors:
- 'Samuel Thayer Spear'
date: 1879-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Ecclesiology (General)'
- 'American Presbyterian and Reformed History'
scriptures:
- 'Matthew 18'
- 'James 2'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/spear-1879-the-talmage-case-and-the-complainants-before-the-synod-of-long-island
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# The Talmage Case, and the Complainants Before the Synod of Long Island

Examination of the Talmage case before the Synod of Long Island, contesting the Presbytery's acquittal and outlining Book of Discipline procedures, presumption of innocence, and justice.

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