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title: '19th Century Presbyterian Ecclesiology'
type: post
author: 'R. Andrew Myers'
date: 2018-04-06
url: https://confessional.org/blog/2018-19th-century-presbyterian-ecclesiology
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# 19th Century Presbyterian Ecclesiology

At Log College Press, we are beginning to develop topical pages on subjects of interest as addressed by our authors such as **Biographies** and **Systematic Theologies**. One particular page to highlight at present is our **[Ecclesiology](/topics/ecclesiology)** page.

Among the many writers who have written Presbyterian church government, or the offices of the church, or the boundaries of church authority, are [Charles Hodge](/authors/charles-hodge), [Robert Jefferson Breckinridge](/authors/robert-jefferson-breckinridge), [Thomas Smyth](/authors/thomas-smyth), and [John Lafayette Girardeau](/authors/john-lafayette-girardeau). Among the topics considered are:

- the place of ruling elders, and deacons;
- what is Presbyterian law as defined by church courts?;
- what are the duties of church members?;
- where can one find a collection of church acts and deliverances?;
- and, what exactly is Presbyterianism?

Here one can begin to investigate the question of whether the baptism of Rome is valid; here one can read ecclesiastical catechisms by [Alexander McLeod](/authors/alexander-mcleod) and [Thomas Smyth](/authors/thomas-smyth); and here one can review [Samuel Miller](/authors/samuel-miller)’s series of three published works on the office of the ruling elder. Here one can study [Alexander Taggart McGill](/authors/alexander-taggart-mcgill)’s treatise on church government; and much more.

Have you bookmarked [Log College Press](https://www.logcollegepress.com/) yet? Take time to peruse this page, and return on occasion, as we hope to add many more relevant works. We are growing daily. Thank you for your interest, and may these resources be a blessing to you.