{"id":711,"date":"2021-11-16T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theologicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/?p=711"},"modified":"2021-09-05T14:49:51","modified_gmt":"2021-09-05T14:49:51","slug":"manual-of-congregational-principles-by-r-w-dale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theologicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/manual-of-congregational-principles-by-r-w-dale\/","title":{"rendered":"Manual of Congregational Principles by R W Dale"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theologicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/manual-of-congregational-principles_dale.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"580\" data-attachment-id=\"713\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/theologicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/manual-of-congregational-principles-by-r-w-dale\/manual-of-congregational-principles_dale\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/theologicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/manual-of-congregational-principles_dale.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"400,580\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Robert William Dale [1829-1895], A Manual of Congregational Principles\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Robert William Dale [1829-1895], A Manual of Congregational Principles&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/theologicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/manual-of-congregational-principles_dale.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/theologicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/manual-of-congregational-principles_dale.jpg\" alt=\"Robert William Dale [1829-1895], A Manual of Congregational Principles\" class=\"wp-image-713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theologicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/manual-of-congregational-principles_dale.jpg 400w, https:\/\/theologicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/manual-of-congregational-principles_dale-207x300.jpg 207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Today&#8217;s free book is R.W. Dale&#8217;s Manual of Congregational Principles, which describes the working of the Congregational churches of the late 19th Century. My thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lutherking.ac.uk\/learning-resources\/library\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Luther King House library<\/a> for this kind permission to scan their copy of this public domain title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theologicalstudies.org.uk\/book_manual-of-congregational-principles_dale.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Robert William Dale [1829-1895], <em>A Manual of Congregational Principles<\/em>. London: Hodder &amp; Stoughton, 1884. Hbk. pp.247. [Click here to visit the download page for this title]<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Table of Contents<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Introductory<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Principles of The Congregational Polity<\/li><li>Church Officers<\/li><li>The Christian Sacraments<\/li><li>Some Practical Aspects of Congregationalism<br><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Conclusion<\/li><li>Appendix<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_6d0ed3-68 .kt-block-spacer{height:60px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_6d0ed3-68 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-_6d0ed3-68\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\" style=\"height:60px\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\" style=\"border-top-color:#eee;border-top-width:1px;width:80%;border-top-style:solid\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Main image by <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/users\/12019-12019\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=81533\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">David Mark<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=81533\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Pixabay<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s free book is R.W. 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