Letters on the Elder Question (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Letters on the Elder Question My Dear Sir. - With your permission it is my design to present to the readers of your paper some strictures upon the protests, complaints, and appeals of Dr. R. J. Breckinridge and others, and also upon the two speeches of Dr. B. recently published in the Presbyterian. Had the Synod of Philadelphia re-affirmed the decisions of the last General Assembly respecting "a quorum of Presbytery" and "the imposition of hands in ordination" the Rev. Dr. and his friends might have had some pretext for protesting against the decisions of the Synod; but when the Synod did nothing more than simply refuse to unite with Dr. B. in condemning the decisions of the last Assembly, to make this refusal a ground for protest, complaint, and appeal is certainly something new under the sun. What are the simple facts in the case? Dr. Breckinridge presented to the Synod two papers condemnatory of two acts of the last Assembly. Without affirming or denying the truth or falsehood of the several positions assumed by Dr. B. in his argumentative resolutions, the Synod simply decided not to adopt them. Whereupon the Rev. Dr. immediately writes two protests against the decisions of the Synod, and the first reason assigned in one of them for protesting is that the decision is contrary to the word of God; and the second reason is that the decision is contrary to the Constitution of the Church. Now I am well aware of the Dr.´s ingenuity, but I very much question whether lie will be able to establish it, that the refusal of the Synod to adopt a resolution submitted by himself or by any body else is contrary to the word of God and the constitution of the Church. And should the next Assembly sustain his complaint or appeal, it will be an affirmation on the part of that body that the Synod had no right to waive an expression of opinion on the subject submitted by Dr. B. or indeed upon any subject, which Dr. B. may be pleased to bring before the Synod. This once established, it follows that every ecclesiastical body in our connexion is bound to express an opinion directly on every matter that any one belonging to the body may choose to bring before it. But let me next inquire, in virtue of what provision in our Constitution does Dr. Breckinridge make the refusal of the Synod to adopt his views a ground for judicial proceedings? In making this inquiry I do not take the ground, which if I am not deceived Dr. B. himself has taken, viz. that no complaint or appeal can lie except in cases judicially decided. If any individuals be personally aggrieved by any decision of Session, Presbytery, or Synod, such individuals have a right to seek redress by complaint or appeal, and others may complain of the wrong done. But of what right or privilege has the refusal of the Synod of Philadelphia to adopt Dr. B.´s propositions deprived any one? Whether the Constitution of the church makes or does not make the presence of a ruling elder essential to a quorum of Presbytery; or whether it authorizes or does not authorize Ruling Elders to impose hands in the ordination of ministers, is the refusal of the Synod to express an opinion in conflict with the constitution? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works
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