January 27: Thornwell’s Views on the Board Debates
From The Life of James Henley Thornwell, pp. 223-224. This was followed, a month later, with a fuller exposition of his views on the same subject, in a letter addressed also…
December 17: Thornwell and the Board Debates (1840-1860)
Earliest Inklings of a Long Discussion It was on this day, December 17th, in 1840, that James Henley Thornwell wrote of his intention to address an issue which would then be…
August 10: How We Got Our BCO
BCO is Presby-speak for Book of Church Order. It is the document that guides the organization, the discipline and the worship of the Church. Every Presbyterian denomination has a similar…
December 17: Thornwell and the Board Debates
Earliest Inklings of a Long Discussion It was on this day, December 17th, in 1840, that James Henley Thornwell wrote of his intention to address an issue which would then…
December 9: James Patriot Wilson
Our post today is drawn from Richard Webster's History of the Presbyterian Church. The son of Rev. Dr. Matthew* and Elizabeth Wilson, James Patriot Wilson was born at Lewes, Sussex County,…