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title: 'The New England Churches and the First Presbytery'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'William Henry Roberts'
date: 1910-06-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Colonial Presbyterian History'
- 'American Presbyterian and Reformed History'
- 'Presbyterian Polity'
scriptures:
- 'Acts 15'
- '1 Timothy 3'
- 'Romans 13'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/roberts-1910-the-new-england-churches-and-the-first-presbytery
---

# The New England Churches and the First Presbytery

Study of New England Puritan churches' adoption of the Westminster Confession and Cambridge Platform, their semi‑Presbyterian polity and ruling elders, and how Pennsylvania's liberty enabled the First Presbytery (1706).

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