History of the Westminster Assembly of Divines
by Dr. William M. Hetherington

Description:  This current work by Hetherington is a helpful addition to the few books that aid the Confessional Presbyterian to study the Westminster Assembly. It is not a new book, but one which has been unavailable for some time. Much of Hetherington’s work focuses on ecclesiology and the church’s relation to society in general, especially his prolonged excursus on Independent and Erastian debates within the Assembly. He details the accounts of the four perspectives of church government surrounding Episcopalians, Presbyterians, Independents, and Erastians. But his work is not simply a detailed account of debates, but an analysis on the differences of the assembly in their varied denominational sectors. He spends, therefore, a great deal of time on what Westminsterian historians deem “The Grand Debate” between the Independents and Presbyterians; a title given to the main work debating the biblical viability of Independency.  This is a must read for the serious inquirer of the Westminster Assembly.

Printed:  351 pages, Paperback, perfect-bound.

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