Erastian
Civil magistrate is the ultimate ecclesiastical authority — Selden's and Lightfoot's Assembly position, rejected by WCF XXX.1.
This is a contested or rejected alternative.
The Westminster baseline on Polity is Presbyterian-Jure-Divino. Personas and schools listed below hold this alternative position instead — either because they argued for it at the Assembly (like the Erastians on polity) or because they represent a receiving tradition that departed from the Standards on this point.
Who holds this position
Schools (1)
Cruxes on this attribute
The Assembly navigated 2 cruxes that bear directly on Polity.
Other positions on Polity
Presbyterian-Jure-Divino WCF
Christ has instituted a graded series of presbyterial assemblies (session, presbytery, synod, general assembly) by divine right (Form of Government 1645; WCF XXX–XXXI) — the Scottish reading.
Independent-Congregational
Christ has given the keys to the local congregation under its officers; synods are advisory — the Dissenting Brethren's reading, accommodated by but not affirmed in the Standards.
Reformed-Episcopal
Retains bishops over presbyters as a third order of ministry while affirming the Reformed doctrine — the Anglican settlement Westminster displaced.