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title: 'The Sufficiency of Scripture and Women Elders'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'William Childs Robinson'
date: 1956-08-15
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Presbyterian Polity'
- 'Revelation (General and Special Revelation)'
- 'Family, Marriage, and Roles of Men and Women'
scriptures:
- '1 Corinthians 11'
- 'Ephesians 5'
- '1 Timothy 2'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/robinson-1956-the-sufficiency-of-scripture-and-women-elders
---

# The Sufficiency of Scripture and Women Elders

Affirms the sufficiency of Scripture to rule out women elders, citing Pauline texts and the Book of Church Order. Emphasizes the church’s primary mission to preach the Gospel, not act as social experts.

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