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title: 'May a General Assembly Grant a Re-Hearing of a Case Decided by a Previous Assembly?'
type: pdf
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authors:
- 'William Parsons McCorkle'
date: 1916-04-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Social Issues'
- 'Economics, Employment, and Work'
- 'Ecclesiology (General)'
scriptures:
- 'Matthew 25'
- 'Matthew 18'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/mccorkle-1916-may-a-general-assembly-grant-a-re-hearing-of-a-case-decided-by-a-previous-assembly
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# May a General Assembly Grant a Re-Hearing of a Case Decided by a Previous Assembly?

Two essays: Lingle applies Jesus' teachings to modern social problems (labor, poverty, race, vice). McCorkle argues a Presbyterian General Assembly may reopen cases and grant rehearings.

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