The New International Encyclopædia/Alliance of the Reformed Churches holding the Presbyterian System

The New International Encyclopædia
Alliance of the Reformed Churches holding the Presbyterian System
1341870The New International Encyclopædia — Alliance of the Reformed Churches holding the Presbyterian System

ALLIANCE of the Reformed Churches holding the Presbyterian System. An alliance formed in London in 1875. It holds councils, which have no legislative authority but great moral weight. In them the various Augustinian non-prelatical and in general presbyterial bodies find representation. They are upward of ninety in number, scattered all over the world, with 25,000,000 adherents. The published reports of the proceedings of these councils contain much valuable matter of all kinds, as papers are read, statistics presented, and many speeches made. The councils have been held at London, 1875; Edinburgh, 1877; Philadelphia, 1880; Belfast, 1884; London, 1888; Toronto, 1892; Glasgow, 1896; Washington, 1899.