The Christian Quarterly. The collection presents a late-19th-century American Protestant periodical that assembles polemical essays and notices arguing for reform in church government, critiquing episcopal supremacy, defending elder-led church structures, and opposing coercive religious power. It surveys patristic witnesses for elder leadership, discusses infant baptism, education for women, and various doctrinal issues. The pieces advocate a Congregational or elder/deacon-based governance, emphasize lay participation, Sunday-schools, and a Spirit-led hermeneutic, while criticizing dogmatism in science and religion. Through quotations and scholarly annotations, it critiques the growth of secular papal power, the use of excommunication, and the role of state authority in church affairs. The magazine also includes literary notices, ethical debates, and speculative theology, reflecting a combative reformist tone aimed at educated clergy and lay readers in 1873 America.
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