The Grand Debate

This monumental scholarly work contains primary documents that address one of the most controversial issues amongst the Westminster Assembly of Divines: church government. Discontented with the majority’s Presbyterian views, the Congregationalist members produced dissenting papers to which the Assembly replied. Thoroughly edited by Chris Coldwell, these polemical papers provide Presbyterians and Congregationalists alike with the strongest arguments and chief concerns in discerning a Reformed ecclesiology. Includes an appendix that presents an updated version of research into the theological resources available at the Westminster Assembly.

Contents

Foreword
Introduction

The Propositions as Voted in the Assembly of Divines

I. Presbyterian Government: Jerusalem
II. Presbyterian Government: Ephesus
III. Subordination of Synods
IV. Ordination
V. Committee for Accomidation

Appendix, Bibliography and Indices

Appendix: Westminster Abbey Library: And Other Theological Resources of the Assembly of Divines (1643–1652)
Bibliography
Indices
Commendations