CAMBRIDGE PLATFORM,
\kˈe͡ɪmbɹɪd͡ʒ plˈatfɔːm], \kˈeɪmbɹɪdʒ plˈatfɔːm], \k_ˈeɪ_m_b_ɹ_ɪ_dʒ p_l_ˈa_t_f_ɔː_m]\
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a system of church government drawn up by a synod at Cambridge, in the colony of Massachusetts Bay, in 1648. The Congregational churches differed somewhat at that time, some inclining to Presbyterianism, some to Independency. The synod reaffirmed the Westminster Confession, but recommended a form of church discipline which prevails now in the Congregational churches.
By John Franklin Jameson
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