Ecclesiastical Republicanism: Or The Republicanism, Liberality, And Catholicity Of Presbytery, In Contrast With Prelacy And Popery is a book written by Thomas Smyth in 1843. The book is a treatise on the Presbyterian form of church government, contrasting it with the hierarchical systems of prelacy and popery. Smyth argues that Presbyterianism is the most democratic and egalitarian form of church government, and that it is rooted in the principles...