puritan doctrine

  1. Travis Fentiman

    Do you need permission to leave a church?

    With the rise of an emphasis on the local church, membership and the authority of elders, some have concluded that a church member needs permission from the elders to leave a church. This was the teaching of congregationalism in contrast to presbyterianism during the puritan era. This new page...
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    • #leavingachurch church church assemblies church authority church discipline congregationalism cult cults erroneous church discipline leave church mid-week services ministerial authority prayer meeting presbyterian presbyterianism puritan doctrine spiritual abuse
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    • Forum: Church Order
  2. Travis Fentiman

    Thoughts on Head-Coverings?

    Is Paul’s injunction for women to cover their heads in worship binding today (1 Cor. 11:2-16)? Most of the Reformed, the Scottish covenanters and the Westminster divines in the Reformation and puritan era said ‘No,’ that Paul’s ordinance was relative to his culture, which used this custom. I...
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    • 1 corinthians 1 corinthians 11 church authority church ordinances head covering head-coverings long hair preaching with caps on puritan doctrine scottish covenanters veils westminster westminster confession westminster confession of faith
    • Replies: 187
    • Forum: Worship
  3. GillespieWestminster

    Historical quotes about in favor of headcovering.

    Hi, I read some posts about the use of headcovering, one of them brings together several quotes "against" the use of headcovering, I looked for one that did the opposite, but I couldn't find it, so I propose that the brothers can help here by putting quotes from authors along of the history that...
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