Edwin Rian left his doctoral studies in German to help found Westminster Seminary where he served as President of the Board of Trustees. The Presbyterian Conflict was the first historical account written of the struggle over doctrinal and ecclesiastical orthodoxy at Princeton Seminary in the early twentieth Century, culminating in the decision of many of its conservative faculty to resign and form a new seminary. It remains distinctly helpful and informative as a firsthand account of the man at its center, J. Gresham Machen.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922-01-01 edition. Excerpt: ... vii reunion and advance, 1870-1900 movement toward union Correspondence between the "'Old School" and "New School" General Assemblies was established as early as 1862, under the pressure of a widely extended and growing fraternal feeling. The two Assemblies met in St. Louis in 1866, and partook together of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper. Committees of conference with a view to union were appointed the same year, and in 1867 a Presbyterian national convention held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, gave a powerful impulse to the reunion movement. The report of the committees of conference, though adopted by both the Assemblies of 1868, was rejected by a decided majority of the Old School Presbyteries, and reunion, as a result, was consummated on the basis of the "Standards pure and simple," November 12, 1869, at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Article ii of the Plan of Union, containing this basis, reads as follows: "The Reunion shall be effected on the doctrinal and ecclesiastical basis of our common standards; the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments shall be acknowledged to be the inspired word of God, and the only infallible rule of faith and practice; the Confession of Faith shall continue to be sincerely received and adopted as containing the system of doctrine taught in the Holy Scriptures; and the Government and Discipline of the Presbyterian Church in the United States shall be approved as containing the principles and rules of our polity." In connection with Reunion a memorial fund was raised, the amount of which was reported as being $7,883,983.85. It was mainly expended in paying church debts, in endowing colleges and in erecting new houses of worship. the controversy of 1891

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