Excommunication - books

C. Matthew McMahon · Sep 11, 2006

What books would you recommend on the subject of excommunication?

Institutes - both Calvin and Turretin
Gillespie - Aaron's Rod
Hopkins and Reynolds on the Lord's Supper deal with those who need to rightly examine themselves, and get into excommunication.
Jay Adams - Manual of Church Discipline (very good)

Any other big tomes on that issue alone?
Books that solely deal with that?

VirginiaHuguenot · Sep 11, 2006

Calvin's Ecclesiastical Advice

Church Discipline That Heals by John White and Ken Blue

Harmony in the Church: Church Discipline by Warham Walker

The Discipline of the Reformation by David Hay Fleming

The Divine Right of Church Government and Excommunication: A Peaceable Dispute for the Perfection of the Holy Scripture in Point of Ceremonies and Church Government in which the Removal of the Service Book is Justified by Samuel Rutherford

The Uses of Reform: 'Godly Discipline' and Popular Behavior in Scotland and Beyond, 1560 - 1610 by Michael F. Graham

Old Church Life in Scotland: Lectures on Kirk-session and Presbytery Records by Andrew Edgar (see chapters on "Church Discipline in Olden Times")

The Order of Excommunication and Public Repentance by John Knox

Commentaries on Chapter 30 of the WCF

[Edited on 9-11-2006 by VirginiaHuguenot]

NaphtaliPress · Sep 11, 2006

It would be nice to see the text of the Westminster Assembly productions noted below. According to Dr. Van Dixhoorn something appears to have survived in MS but I'm checking with him as to exactly what and if the texts have been published before now. Anyone know?

They were called in: And Doctor Burgesse presented to the House, What they had further finished concerning the Directory for Church-Government; videlicet,

The humble Advice of the Assembly of Divines, now, by Ordinance of Parliament, sitting at Westminster, concerning Excommunication: And

The humble Advice of the said Assembly of Divines, concerning a Directory for Admonition, Excommunication, and Absolution.

House of Commons Journal, v. 4, Feb. 4, 1645