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title: 'The Doctrine of Appeals and Complaints'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Samuel Gover Winchester'
date: 1835-04-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Presbyterian Polity'
- 'American Presbyterian and Reformed History'
scriptures:
- 'Matthew 18'
- 'Hebrews 13'
- 'Acts 15'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/winchester-1835-the-doctrine-of-appeals-and-complaints
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# The Doctrine of Appeals and Complaints

Reviews Barnes’s Gospel notes and an essay on Presbyterian appeals, arguing appeals/complaints lie only in judicial cases and stressing the judicial vs. legislative distinction.

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