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[William] Smith (1754-1821)
Doctor Smith's Answer to Mr. Blatchford's Letter, 1798
Expressing Dr. Smith's Theological Reasoning About the Issues of Church Governance, the Validity of Presbyterian Ordination, and the Authority of Bishops and Presbyters
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Newfield, [CT], Lazarus Beach, printer, 1798, unbound
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[RELIGION] [CHRISTIANITY] [CHURCH GOVERNANCE] [ORDINATION] Smith, [William]. Doctor Smith’s Answer to Mr. Blatchford’s Letter (Newfield [CT]: Lazarus Beach, printer, 1798), signed by "the Author". Seven lines from two quotations are printed below the title. The title page verso has an ink inscription, “Dr. Bracken from the Author”. The front page has an undeciphered name written in ink above the printed title.
Unbound; 145, [1] pp; page 94 has the 20-line paste-over as per Sabin. Originally stabbed, threads lacking; some folds have been strengthened; pp 145-[146] is detached and has several pieces missing, including a hole that affects six lines; that same page has been strengthened with rice paper. Some soiling and foxing. Good condition. [GA]
Dr. William Smith (1754-1821) was an Anglican priest and educator in America who was responding to the teachings of Rev. Samuel Blatchford (1767-1828), an ordained Presbyterian Pastor who was educated in England but came to America in 1795. Blatchford served as a pastor in several churches in New York and Connecticut. He, like Dr. Smith, also became involved in the administration of colleges. The text involves Smith’s theological reasoning about church governance, the validity of Presbyterian ordination, and the sameness and/or differences between the authority of Bishops and Presbyters.
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