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