No. 01
The Imputation of Christ: A Reformation Debate
Latin transcription and English translation
Scholarly edition in progressTheology · history · public argument
Books, translations,and historical research.
Independent publishing house.
Robert Carter & Brothers was one of nineteenth-century America's leading publishers of Presbyterian and Reformed literature. The revived RCB restores significant works from that tradition that deserve serious modern editions.
Read about the house ↘Transcription and translation in progress
What, precisely, is imputed in justification?
A scholarly Latin–English edition of the 1630 Amica disceptatio between Ludovicus Lucius and Johannes Piscator on the meritorious cause of justification and the imputation of Christ’s active obedience.
- Text
- Latin transcription and English translation
- Edition
- Facing pages with contextual apparatus
- Status
- Scholarly editing in progress
The current programme
Work now in progress
RCB’s list begins with projects that cross theology, historical research, translation, and public writing. Publication details will follow as each project develops.
Online database & archive
Research platformRecords · places · congregations
No. 02
The Lost Churches Project
An online database and historical archive
Database development in progressThe Presbyterian Record · 1992–2004The Pastoral Epistlesof Peter PlymleyPresbyterian satire
No. 03
The Pastoral Epistles of Peter Plymley
Presbyterian satire from The Presbyterian Record · 1992–2004
Corpus recovery and editingThe Historical Catalogue
The firm’s nineteenth-century catalogue and printing history: a record of authors, readers, and the religious book trade.
The Current List
New books, translations, research projects, and collections from RCB today.
View work in progress →About the house
A historic imprint.
A new publishing list.
The historic Robert Carter & Brothers house, founded in New York in 1834, became known for theological, devotional, educational, biographical, juvenile, and literary books. The present independent house is building a new programme of original work, translation, research, and serious public writing.
Our history ↘Publishing principles
What we publish.
How we work.
- 01Substantive new work in the Reformed and Presbyterian tradition
- 02Clear translations and careful scholarship
- 03Historical research made genuinely useful to present readers
- 04Distinctive, durable books designed for attentive reading