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title: 'Decay of Presbyterial Administration in the United States'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Archibald Alexander Edward Taylor'
date: 1879-05-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Presbyterian Polity'
- 'American Presbyterian and Reformed History'
scriptures:
- 'Titus 1'
- 'Acts 6'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/taylor-1879-decay-of-presbyterial-administration-in-the-united-states
---

# Decay of Presbyterial Administration in the United States

Examines claims that evangelical Calvinism narrows culture and traces decline of presbyterial government in the U.S.: deacons, catechising, discipline, and presbytery authority waning.

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