Presbyterian party

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The Presbyterian party was a 17th-century English political-religious faction that advocated a national church governed by presbyteries rather than bishops or congregational autonomy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Presbyterian movement
political faction
religious faction
activeDuring English Civil War
Interregnum
Long Parliament
activeInCentury 17th century
advocated national church governed by presbyteries
alliedWith Parliamentarian side in the English Civil War
country Kingdom of England
declinedAfter Restoration of Charles II
favored Presbyterian model proposed at the Westminster Assembly
hadPositionOnChurchPolity advocacy of graded church courts
rejection of congregational independence
rejection of episcopacy
ideology Reformed Protestantism
influencedBy Genevan church order
John Calvin
Scottish Presbyterianism
languageOfActivity English
legacy influence on later English and British Presbyterian churches
opposed congregational church autonomy
episcopal church government
rule of bishops in the Church of England
participatedIn Westminster Assembly debates
religiousBranch Calvinism
religiousOrientation Presbyterianism
rivalFaction Episcopalians
linked to: Episcopal Church

Independents
socialBase many London ministers
sections of the gentry
some members of the merchant class
sought national Presbyterian church settlement
reform of the Church of England along Presbyterian lines
supported church government by presbyteries and synods
parity of ministers

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Presbyterian–Independent conflict hasSide Presbyterian party
Sir Philip Stapleton parliamentaryFaction Presbyterian party in the Long Parliament
linked to: Presbyterian party