Independency Definition

Independency Sentence Examples

• See James Ross, History of Congregational Independency in Scotland (Glasgow, 1900).

• The war being now over, the great question of the establishment of Presbyterianism or Independency had to be decided.

• Cromwell, without naming himself an adherent of any denomination, fought vigorously for Independency as a policy.

• Congregationalism, however, " denotes a positive theory of the organization and powers of Christian churches," having as corollary independency of external control, whether civil or ecclesiastical.

• Thenceforth 4 The opposite of this external Independency, admission of civil oversight even for churches enjoying internal ecclesiastical selfgovernment, was also common, being the outcome of the traditional Puritan attitude to the state.