Independent publishing house
The current programme
RCB begins with a theological debate, an experiment in historical recovery, and a body of Presbyterian satire. Each project requires a different editorial form; all begin with material worth making newly legible.
01–03Scholarly edition · Latin / English
A transcription and translation of the 1630 Amica disceptatio between Ludovicus Lucius and Johannes Piscator: a courteous but exacting exchange on the meritorious cause of justification and the imputation of Christ’s active obedience.
Online database · Historical archive
An online database and archive documenting churches that closed, merged, moved, or vanished from institutional memory. The project connects places, dates, denominations, buildings, ministers, records, and surviving sources, turning scattered local evidence into a usable historical map.
Satire · Collected columns
A recovered collection of Peter Plymley’s comic epistles and columns, published in The Presbyterian Record from 1992 to 2004. Ecclesiastical manners, denominational machinery, clerical vanity, and the earnest absurdities of church life receive the affectionate pressure of satire.
A list taking shape
These projects are in active development. Titles, formats, and publication schedules will sharpen as transcription, archival work, permissions, and editorial collation proceed. Notes from the work will appear in the journal before the finished editions.
Correspondence
RCB welcomes precise leads connected to these projects. Write to info@robertcarterandbrothers.com or PO Box 300, RPO Jackson Square, Hamilton, Ontario.