What does archpresbytery mean?
Archpresbytery means (ecclesiastical) The absolute dominion of presbytery..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(ecclesiastical) The absolute dominion of presbytery..
“The government of their kirk we despised” not, but their imposing of that government upon us; not presbytery, but archpresbytery, classical, provincial, and diocesan presbytery, claiming to itself a lordly power and superintendency both over flocks and pastors, over persons and congregations no way their own.
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Archpresbytery means (ecclesiastical) The absolute dominion of presbytery..
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“The government of their kirk we despised” not, but their imposing of that government upon us; not presbytery, but archpresbytery, classical, provincial, and diocesan presbytery, claiming to itself a lordly power and superintendency both over flocks and pastors, over persons and congregations no way their own.
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