Presbyterian Reformed Church History Christianity

Presbyterianism is a form of Christian church organization based on administration by a hierarchy of courts composed of clerical and lay presbyters. Holding a position between episcopacy (government by bishops) and Congregationalism (government by local congregation), Presbyterianism sought a return to the early practice of appointed elders as described in the New Testament.Presbyterians were to be found in most of the English colonies of North America. Through the efforts of Francis Makemie , a missionary from Ireland (1683), the first presbytery in America was formed at Philadelphia in 1706; a synod was constituted in 1716.

• - Catholic Encyclopedia article on historical Presbyterianism.
  
  

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