THE JOURNAL of the UNITED REFORMED CHURCH HISTORY
THE JOURNAL of the UNITED REFORMED CHURCH HISTORY SOCIETY (incorporating the Congregational Historical Society, founded in 1899, and the Presbyterian Historical Society of England, founded in 1913) EDITORS: Revd. Dr. R. BUICK KNOX and Dr. CLYDE BINFIELD, M.A. Volume 3, No.3 May 1984 CONTENTS Editorial 77 The Bishops and the Nonconformists in the Seventeenth Century by R. Buick Knox, M.A., Ph.D., D.D. 78 Ministerial Leakage in the Nineteenth Century: An Explanation? by Kenneth D. Brown, M.A.~ Ph.D. 94 English Nonconformity and the American Experience by Stephen H. Mayor, M.A., B.D., Ph.D. 104 Reviews by Raymond Brown, Anthony Fletcher, Stephen Mayor, Clyde Binfield, Jack E. Garside 115 EDITORIAL Our three articles fall into a general category. The argument of each is perhaps unexpected, certainly uncomfortable. Professor R. Buick Knox's paper was the Society's Annual Lecture for 1983, delivered at Northern College, Manchester (as it must now be called), as the centrepiece of a highly successful study day. This was the second such day to be organised by the society. Dr Brown's article is a stimulating extension of his contribution on the Congregational ministry, which we published a year ago. Dr Mayor's paper continues our policy of occasional transatlantic glances, while inject ing an element of debate whose sharpness we welcome. We also take a trans atlantic glance to pay tribute to Professor Roland H. Bainton, the distin guished church historian who died recently and whose roots were in English Congregationalism. We welcome as reviewers Raymond Brown who is Principal of Spur geon's College, London, and Jack Garside who is minister at Horsham.
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