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title: 'Permanency of the Pastoral Relation: An Essay, Read by Appointment Before the Chicago Presbytery,…, October 1853'
type: pdf
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authors:
- 'Jay Ambrose Wight'
date: 1854-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Pastoral Theology'
- 'Presbyterian Polity'
- 'American Presbyterian and Reformed History'
scriptures:
- 'Psalms 23'
- 'John 10'
- 'Titus 1'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/wight-1854-permanency-of-the-pastoral-relation-an-essay-read-by-appointment-before-the-chicago-presbytery-october-1853
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# Permanency of the Pastoral Relation: An Essay, Read by Appointment Before the Chicago Presbytery,…, October 1853

An 1853 essay arguing for the permanent settlement of a pastor with one church, defending pastoral permanency from Scripture, church history, and practical reasons (influence, stability, study).

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