词源
這個教派的名字是源自希腊语詞「πρεσβύτερος」(Presbyteros),就是“长老”之意。
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歷史背景
教義
有一些長老派的傳統採取了1647年創作的《韋斯敏斯德信仰宣言》當他們唯一的信條,作為本會牧師受訓練的教條標準。
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参考文献
- Stewart J Brown. The National Churches of England, Ireland, and Scotland, 1801–46 (2001)
- William the Baptist by James M. Chaney (Reformed Presbyterian perspective on baptism and infant baptism)
- Jay E. Adams. The Meaning and Mode of Baptism Thomas Shepard . (1975) (Reformed Presbyterian perspective on Aspersion and Affusion)
- THE CHURCH MEMBERSHIP OF CHILDREN, AND THEIR RIGHT TO BAPTISM (1662) (Reformed Presbyterian perspective on infants' right to church membership)
- William Henry Foote. Sketches of North Carolina, Historical and Biographical...(1846) – full-text history of early North Carolina and its Presbyterian churches
- Andrew Lang. John Knox and the Reformation. Longmans, Green, and Company. 1905.
- William Klempa, ed. The Burning Bush and a Few Acres of Snow: The Presbyterian Contribution to Canadian Life and Culture (1994)
- Marsden, George M. The Evangelical Mind and the New School Presbyterian Experience (1970)
- Mark A Noll. Princeton And The Republic, 1768–1822 (2004)
- Frank Joseph Smith, The History of the Presbyterian Church in America, Reformation Education Foundation, Manassas, VA 1985
- William Warren Sweet, Religion on the American Frontier, 1783—1840, vol. 2, The Presbyterians (1936), primary sources
- Ernest Trice Thompson. Presbyterians in the South vol 1: to 1860; Vol 2: 1861–1890; Vol 3: 1890–1972. (1963–1973)
- Leonard J. Trinterud, The Forming of an American Tradition: A Re-examination of Colonial Presbyterianism (1949)
- Encyclopedia of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (1884)
- St.Andrews Prebystarian church in Lahore, Pakistan.Church Website
- Presbyterian 101 — Mission and Ministry — GAMC. Pcusa.org. [2011-08-07]. (原始内容存档于2010-04-16).
- History and Architecture :: East Liberty Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, PA :: "The Cathedral of Hope". Cathedralofhope.org. [2011-08-07]. (原始内容存档于2011-07-25).
延伸閱讀
- Davies, A. Mervyn. Presbyterian Heritage. 1965.
- Lingle, Walter L.; Kuykendall, John W. Presbyterians: Their History and Beliefs 4th rev. Atlanta: Westminster John Knox Press. 1978.
- Smylie, James H. A Brief History of the Presbyterians. Louisville, KY: Geneva Press. 1996.
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