The Right of Ruling Elders to Impose Hands in the Ordination of Ministers of the Word, Shown Out of the Apostolic and Primitive Church

Argues that ruling elders are true presbyters entitled to impose hands in ordination, distinguishing the elders’ governing role from the preacher’s teaching office in the primitive church.

James Henley Thornwell (November 27, 1812 – December 1, 1862) was an American Presbyterian theologian, minister, and professor whose rigorous Reformed teaching at South Carolina College and Columbia Theological Seminary deeply shaped Southern Presbyterian doctrine in the mid-19th century. A prolific writer and church leader, he defended confessional Calvinism and articulated a theological vision that emphasized church unity and doctrinal fidelity.

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