"When Associations were first organized in this country the isolated condition of the churches, the difficulty and expense of communication whether by messengers or by mail and the entire absence of religious periodicals invested the Circular Letter with an importance and an authority of which but the shadow remains. Its chief office was instruction on important questions of the day. . . ." - George B. Peck, Rhode Island, 1874In 1777, a British Baptist Association (Rutlandshire) referred to a Circular Letter as "a body of divinity in miniature." - Jim Duvall
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292 IN THIS SECTION + 22 IN THE BRITISH SECTION - 4.20.09
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Circular Letters (and Essays) on Special Subjects
[These include American and British.]The Holy Scriptures
There are three CLs.The Divinity of Christ
There are three CLs.Baptism
There are two CLs and seven essays.The Lord's Supper
There are nine CLs and five essays.Church Discipline
There are twelve CLs and eight essays.Doctrine of Election
There are four CLs.
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