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Appropriating The Cambridge Platformâs Neo-Congregational Polity
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This article argues that Baptists can learn, with regard to their practice of governance, from the seventeenth-century Congregational churches of New-England. After showing that The Cambridge Platform of Discipline (1648) offers two accounts of polity, âcongregationalâ and âneo-congregationalâ, it is argued that neo-congregational polity is not only more desirable than congregational polity (as the Platform argued) but offers a more consistent account of biblical ecclesiology. Baptist churches, sharing similar roots and ecclesiology with Congregationalism, stand to benefit from the insights of their seventeenth-century brothers and sisters.
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Appropriating The Cambridge Platformâs Neo-Congregational Polity
in EcclesiologySearch for other papers by J Alexander Rutherford in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed
Abstract
This article argues that Baptists can learn, with regard to their practice of governance, from the seventeenth-century Congregational churches of New-England. After showing that The Cambridge Platform of Discipline (1648) offers two accounts of polity, âcongregationalâ and âneo-congregationalâ, it is argued that neo-congregational polity is not only more desirable than congregational polity (as the Platform argued) but offers a more consistent account of biblical ecclesiology. Baptist churches, sharing similar roots and ecclesiology with Congregationalism, stand to benefit from the insights of their seventeenth-century brothers and sisters.
| Insgesamt | Letzte 365 Tage | In den letzten 30 Tagen | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aufrufe von Kurzbeschreibungen | 280 | 116 | 11 |
| Gesamttextansichten | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| PDF-Downloads | 24 | 5 | 0 |
