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title: 'Presbyterians: “A Set of Rebellious Scoundrels”'
type: post
author: 'R. Andrew Myers'
date: 2025-12-31
url: https://confessional.org/blog/2025-presbyterians-a-set-of-rebellious-scoundrels
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# Presbyterians: “A Set of Rebellious Scoundrels”

“Went to a Presbyterian Meeting \[in Alexandria, Virginia\]. They are a set of rebellious scoundrels, nothing but political discourses instead of religious lectures.” — Nicholas Cresswell (English traveler), diary entry for November 6, 1774