NINETY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT - O F THE DIRECTORS - AND THE REPORT OF THE CONGREGATIONAL LIBRARY - AMERICAN CONGREGATIONAL ASSOCIATION - 1948

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Ninety-fifth annual report of the directors of the American Congregational Association, including the report of the Congregational Library, presented May 17, 1948 in Boston at Congregational House. The document lists association officers, executive committee members, and library committee personnel with terms expiring across 1948-1952. It also provides historical context for the Cambridge Synod and its Platform of Church Discipline, describing its origins, purpose for church polity and fellowship, and later editions from 1649 onward.

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The Eight Month Aano, 1649

The Cambridge Synod and the Platform of Church Discipline

Officers and Committees (American Congregational Association)

| | | | --- | --- | | NINETY-FIFTH ANNUAL
REPORT
O F THE DIRECTORS
AND THE REPORT OF
THE CONGREGATIONAL LIBRARY
AMERICAN CONGREGATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
1948
THE CONGREGATIONAL HOUSE
M ASSACHUSETTS
BOSTON
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CONGREGATIONAL HOUSE,1948 | | --- | The American Congregational Association OFFICERS President—REv.J.EDGAR PARK Vice-President₈—ETHELBERT V.GRABILLRev.HowARD E.PoMEROY Corresponding and Recording Secretary—THOMAs ToDDChairman of Eaecutive Committee—SARGENT H.WELLMANTreasurer—RALPH E.WHITNEY A88istant Treasurer —HowARD WALLINGFORDLibrarian—FRANCIs W.ALLEN Eaecutive Committee SARGENT H.WELLMAN,Chairman THOMAs ToDD,SecretaryPHILIP S.DAVISHoWARD WALLINGFORDE.RuSSELL DAVISR.E.JWEDCAREBY,^Treasresident Ea-0ficio Library Committee REv.JoSEPH C.MAcDoNALD,ChairmanRev.JoHN H.QUINTREv.CHARLES L.ATKINS DIRECTORSSARGENT H.WELLMAN,Chairman TERM ExPIRES,1948 Ethelbert V.GrabillRev.J.Burford ParryRev.John R.ChapmanWilliam AlcottQuincy W.WalesStanley C.Foote TERM ExPIRES,1949Alfred M.ZieglerThomas ToddRev.J.Edgar ParkPhilip S.Davis Bey.Howard E.PomeroyHugh Nixon [Proprietor of the Congregational Houseand Congregational Library] TERM ExPIRES,1950 Rev.Charles L.AtkinsHoward WallingfordRalph E.WhitneyFrank E.BridgmanRev.Morton D.DunningRev.Robert W.Coe TERM ExPIRES,1951 Arthur V.GetchellSargent H.WellmanRev.Joseph C.MacDonaldLouis C.GrossmannRev.William T.HoweRev.Robert M.Grey TERM ExPIRES,1952Rev.John H.QuintJames S.AllenHarold S.Davis E.Russell DavisRev.Alfred J.BarnardWilliam F.Farley # THE EDITIONS of theCAMBRIDGE PLATFORM THE story of the Cambridge Synod and its resultingPlatform of Church Discipline has been told many times,from Cotton Mather's Magnalia Christi Americana in1702 to the forthcoming works of Henry Wilder Foote andFrederick L.Fagley. Three hundred years ago Presbyterianism was making rapidstrides in England and thus in turn influencing religiousthought in the colonies.Although in 1644 John Cotton hadgiven an exposition of Congregational principles relative tothe covenant idea in his Keyes of the Kingdom of Heaven,there was still felt a demand for amore official statement.Thiswas drawn up by Thomas Hooker in his Survey of the Summeof Church Discipline,officially sanctioned at a meeting heldin Cambridge on July 1,1645.This work,essentially a replyto Samuel Rutherford's Due Right of Presbyteries,containstwo matters of particular importance. First of all Hooker affirmed the ideal of Anabaptists andSeparatists.Infants were not excluded,but rather compre-hended in the church under their parents'covenant.Secondlyhe proved himself the opponent of the wider administration.Children as children neve

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What is the document’s main purpose?

It presents the Ninety-fifth annual report of the directors of the American Congregational Association, together with the report of the Congregational Library, and includes supporting historical material about the Cambridge Synod and its Platform of Church Discipline.

Who are the named officers and committee members?

The text lists officers such as the president, vice-president, and recording secretary, and names executive and library committee members, along with their terms expiring in 1948 through 1952.

What does the Cambridge Platform of Church Discipline focus on?

The Platform is described as addressing church polity, fellowship of the churches, and their relation to civil government, and it is not presented as a statement of faith with theological arguments.

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