The Question of Jurisdiction in 1953

It has been frequently alleged that in 1953 the Classis East of our Protestant Reformed Churches was guilty of the same violation of classical jurisdiction as the Christian Reformed Classis when in 1924, she deposed the Consistory of the Eastern Avenue Church. Charges of "Classical Hierarchy" and"Popery" have been voiced so vigorously by the leaders of the schism that many of the people have believed it. It has been frequently alleged that in 1953 the Classis East of our Protestant Reformed...