A compleat view of episcopacy
Subtitle: as established from the Fathers of the Christian church, until the close of the second century
By: by Charles Chauncy
Series: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America, from its discovery to the present time -- 12314
Publisher: Kneeland
Published: 1771
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 474
Subjects: Episcopacy; Church polity
Notes: "Containing an impartial account of them, of their writings, and of what they say concerning bishops and presbyters; with observations, and remarks, tending to shew that they esteemed these one and the same order of ecclesiastical officers. In answer to those who have represented it as a certain fact, universally handed down, even from the apostles days, that governing and ordaining authority was exercised by such bishops only, as were of an order superior to presbyters."

Sabin, 12314

Microfiche. [Woodbridge, CT] : Primary Source Microfilm, 2002. 6 microfiches : negative. (Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America, from its discovery to the present time ; fiche 41274-41279)