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January 20: A Presbyterian Declaration of Independence

Presbyterians in Southwest Virginia Declare Independence from England In September of 1774, the first Continental Congress met in Philadelphia to protest some British laws which were deemed to be injurious…

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January 1: It would have been great if it was true.

With this post, we are pleased to note that we are entering on our third year here at This Day in Presbyterian History. Men of Principle and Men of Expediency What…

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December 11: Rev. Henry G. Welbon

Our God Is Faithful, from Generation to Generation. On this blog, now nearing the end of its second year, we have on numerous occasions made use of the news clippings…

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November 25: Westminster Shorter Catechism

"The ripest fruit of the Assembly's thought and experience." It was on this day, November 25th, a Thursday in 1647, that the British House of Commons ordered the printing of…

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November 20: First English Presbytery (1572)

The first Presbytery of English Puritans was held at Wandsworth, on November 20, 1572, the same year as the Bartholomew massacre. The organizer of this first Presbytery, and the leader…

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