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The Confessional Presbyterian Archive is a curated digital library dedicated to preserving and promoting the writings of 17th–20th century Presbyterian pastors, teachers, and leaders. Featuring thousands of searchable texts, biographies, and historical resources, the archive provides direct access to the primary-source materials of American Presbyterianism.

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The Massacre of Saint Barthomew — Where Lies the Chief Responsibility for It?

1898 North Carolina Presbyterian pieces: report on a Waldensian colony, a plea for domestic evangelism and spiritual revival (Pentecost joy), plus an account of the St. Bartholomew massacre.

Parke Poindexter Flournoy ⬩ 1898

The Discovery of the Kings

Examines claims that Babylonian tablets name Amraphel, Chedorlaomer, Arioch and Tidal (Genesis 14), arguing archaeological evidence supports the Bible amid scholarly debate.

Parke Poindexter Flournoy ⬩ 1899

The Bugle from Berlin: The Retrocession of Harnack

Survey of German scholarship (Harnack, Zahn) defending apostolic dating of the New Testament. Recent manuscript finds (Sinaitic palimpsest, Diatessaron) support Gospel eyewitness testimony.

Parke Poindexter Flournoy ⬩ 1899

A Prosperous Soul

Magazine editorial and news on church life, polity, missions, and morality. 'A Prosperous Soul' urges spiritual growth and missionary support (3 John 2; Acts 13).

Parke Poindexter Flournoy ⬩ 1900

The Original Facts of Christianity: Or, Mrs. Humphrey Ward & Our Generation Versus Paul

Defense of Christianity's supernatural facts, arguing Paul’s eyewitness conversion validates Christ's resurrection and that anti-supernaturalist criticism misreads the evidence.

Parke Poindexter Flournoy ⬩ 1900

A Leaf from the Hebrew Ecclesiasticus: Another Discovery and Its Possibilities

Reports the discovery of Hebrew leaves of Ecclesiasticus (Ben Sira) and examines scholarly implications for Hebrew vocabulary, gospel variants, and Old Testament dating.

Parke Poindexter Flournoy ⬩ 1900

Presbyterians Before First Presbytery

Report: Southern Presbyterian missionaries arrive safely in Shanghai amid Chinese unrest; Indian famine relief continues. Includes Psalm 22 meditation and an address on early colonial Presbyterian ministers.

Parke Poindexter Flournoy ⬩ 1900

Who Was “Darius, the Median?” - New Light from Babylonian Tablets

Two pieces: a call for more ethical preaching in Presbyterian pulpits and an article showing Babylonian tablets likely identify 'Darius the Median' with Cambyses, clarifying Daniel's history.

Parke Poindexter Flournoy ⬩ 1900

The Mode of Christian Baptism: Three Baptisms

Argues immersion isn't the sole biblical mode. John’s baptism was a preparatory, ceremonial rite distinct from Christian baptism, which was instituted after Christ at Pentecost.

George Foot ⬩ 1836

An Address Embracing the Early History of Delaware: And the Settlement of Its Boundaries, and of the Drawyers Congregation

An 1842 anniversary address by Rev. George Foot outlining the early history of Delaware and the Drawyers Congregation: settlement, colonial conflicts, boundary disputes, and Mason & Dixon's survey.

George Foot ⬩ 1842

Journal, Vol. 2

William Henry Foote ⬩ 1846

Sketches of North Carolina

Rev. William H. Foote's 1846 sketches document Presbyterian settlement and church history in colonial and early North Carolina, covering local biographies, congregations, and the Mecklenburg Declaration.

William Henry Foote ⬩ 1846

Sketches of Virginia, First Series

William Henry Foote ⬩ 1850

Sketches of Virginia, Second Series

Historical sketches and biographies of Virginia Presbyterian ministers, congregations, presbyteries, revivals and early settlements in the 18th–19th centuries.

William Henry Foote ⬩ 1855

Journal, Vol. 3

William Henry Foote ⬩ 1859

A Discourse Delivered on the Occasion of the Death of Rev. Wm. Henry Foote, D.D., at Romney, W. Va.: Accompanied with Remarks

1869

The Huguenots: Or, Reformed French Church

A concise history of the Huguenots—their principles, character, sufferings and successes in France, Europe, and America. Covers the Reformation, persecutions, St. Bartholomew's Massacre and the Edict of Nantes.

William Henry Foote ⬩ 1870

A History of the Harriet Hollond Memorial Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia, P.A.

History of Hollond Memorial (Moyamensing) Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia: origins and growth from a mid‑19th-century mission Sunday‑school, its leaders, organization, and outreach.

Harry Pringle Ford ⬩ 1899

Catechetical Theology, for Youth: Especially of Bible-Classes and Sabbath-schools

1851 theological catechism for youth (J. Ford). A Calvinistic Bible-class manual teaching duty, sin, revelation, and natural-theology (design argument) with scriptural answers.

John Ford ⬩ 1851

The Gospel According to Luke; Translated into the Cherokee Language

Cherokee-language edition of a Gospel (The Gospel According To), printed by Park Hill Mission Press. The scanned text is heavily corrupted and fragmented.

Stephen Foreman ⬩ 1850

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