The Subscription Debate: Studies in Presbyterian Polity (Morton H. Smith)

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From the Foreword

As these essays indicate, subscription, or form of adherence, to doctrinal standards has been debated since the founding of an American presbytery in the English colonies. It is the purpose of the following pages to present, clearly and concisely, historically and theologically, the case for what has come to be known as the “strict” or “full subscriptionist” position.

Table of Contents

1. Why We Should be Full Subscriptionists: An Address to the 20th General Assembly (1992) of the Presbyterian Church in America
2. Response to Dr. William S. Barker’s “What Does Subscription to Our Confession Mean?”
3. Subscription to the Westminster Standards in the Presbyterian Church in America
4. The Old School – New School Division
5. Appendix: Creed Subscription in the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. by John Murray

Author

Morton H. Smith (1923-2017; ThD, Free University of Amsterdam) was founding professor of Reformed Theological Seminary (RTS), founder of Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary(GPTS), and the first Stated Clerk of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA).