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title: 'Is the Walnut Street Decision the Presbyterian Doctrine of Church Property?'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
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authors:
- 'William Childs Robinson'
date: 1947-08-15
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Presbyterian Polity'
- 'American Presbyterian and Reformed History'
scriptures:
- 'Psalms 46'
- 'Ephesians 1'
- 'Romans 13'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/robinson-1947-is-the-walnut-street-decision-the-presbyterian-doctrine-of-church-property
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# Is the Walnut Street Decision the Presbyterian Doctrine of Church Property?

1947 Southern Presbyterian Journal pieces on church-property law (Walnut Street decision), debate over withdrawal from the Federal Council, church union, and providence.

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