The Cambridge Platform

The Cambridge Platform

The Cambridge Platform was a doctrinal statement for the Congregational churches in Colonial America. It was drawn up in August, 1648 by a synod of ministers from Massachusetts and Connecticut, which met pursuant to a request of the Massachusetts General Court. The New England authorities desired a formal statement of polity and a confession of faith because of the current Presbyterian ascendancy in England and the activities of local Presbyterians such as Dr. Robert Child. The declaration endorsed the Westminster Confession and for ecclesiastical organization upheld the existing Congregational practice. The Cambridge Platform remained the standard formulation in Massachusetts through the 18th century and in Connecticut until the Saybrook Platform of 1708.

Source: "Dictionary of American History" by James Truslow Adams, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940

* [http://www.pragmatism.org/american/cambridge_platform.htm The Cambridge Platform]

* [http://www.bartleby.com/65/ca/CambrdgPlfm.html Cambridge Platform in the Catholic Encyclopedia]


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