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Independentism (1)

Herman Hoeksema·1954-12-15
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When the complete record of our case in the Superior Court. is published, which I sincerely hope will be done in some future time, it will be revealed that our opponents defended a congregationalistic or independentistic form of church government: the consistory alone has power, classis and synod have no power whatsoever. I think it will even be shown that they testified that the consistory is the highest court, while classis and synod are the lower and lowest courts respectively. That was...

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Herman Hoeksema
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1954-12-15

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