Smyth, Egbert Coffin [1829-1904] & Tucker, William Jewett [1839-1926] - In the Matter of the Complaint against Egbert C. Smyth and Others...The Andover Defence....

Boston, Cupples, Upham & Co. 1887. orig.cloth. 23x15cm, 315 pp. Rubbed. Front cover spotted. Good. ¶ Full title reads: "In the matter of the complaint against Egbert C. Smyth and others, professors of the Theological Institution in Phillips Academy, Andover. The Andover defence. Defence of Professor Smyth, arguments of Professor Theodore W. Dwight [and others] together with the statements of Professors Tucker, Harris, Hincks, and Churchill, Jan 3. 1887". Concerns the refusal of five Andover Theological Seminary professors to profess the seminary's Creed of the Associate Founders [which is contrasted to the Westminster Shorter Catechism].