VI. PRESBYTERIANISM (Events & Movements)

Question 1

Solemn League & Covenant

Answer 1

1643

Agreement between Scottish Presbyterian Covenanters and English Parliamentarians during the First English Civil War against the Royalists.

This agreement brought prebyterian polity (not episcopalianism) into England when the Westminster Assembly organizing the church in response to the first English Civil War.

The Presbyterians Covenanters promises aid on condition that the Scottish system of government was adopted in England

It made Westminster form of government Presbyterian but it was never actually enacted in England, but the confession and standard were adopted in Scotland

Question 2

Adopting Act

Answer 2

1729 Act of the Synod of Philadelphia that made the Westminster Standards the official confession of the Pres Church in Colonial America

Question 3

New Side/Old Side

Answer 3

• 1741-58 Split between those who were Pro First Awakening
• iterant preachers, new liked old didn’t
• unconverted ministers - new condemned old
• if synod was advisor or legislative - Old said Presbyteries under synod legislation, new said synod advises presbyteries

Question 4

First General Assembly, U.S.

Answer 4

1789, the synod of NY and Synod of Philadelphia form the PCUSA and hold their first GA following the Revolutionary War.

Question 5

New School/ Old School division

Answer 5

• started in 1837 and resulting in the northern PCUSA (1869) and a Southern PCUS (1865)
• Started with the Plan of Union (1801) to do missions with the congregationalists
  
  • Theology of the New Haven Divinity
    
    • Moral ability fine
    • no imputation of Adam’s sin
    • Sin is offense against creation and redemption corrects the Moral Government of the universe
• in 1836, Old Schools in GA annulled the Plan of Union
• Later both New and Old split over slavery into 4 presbyetrian denominations
  
  • Northern Old School (PCUSA)
  • Southern Old School (PCCS)
  • Northern New School
  • Southern New School (United Synod of PC)
• North and South Combine
  
  • 1869 PCUSA in North
  • 1865 PCUS in South

Question 6

Gardner Spring Resolution

Answer 6

• 1861
• GA of PCUSA (Old School)
• passed a call to support the Federal Government, which led the Southern Old School to leave and start the PCCS)

Question 7

Presbyterian Church, U.S.A.

Answer 7

Though began in 1789, was reestablished in 1869 with the unification of the Northern New and Old Schools

Question 8

Auburn Affirmation

Answer 8

1924, an affirmation set against the 5 Fundamentals as going beyond the Bible and the WCF.

1. Bible not inerrant
2. GA no power over Presbyteries
3. GA not able to condemn without process
4. 5 Fundamental not a test for ordination
5. Liberty of thought and teaching
6. Division deplored and unity and freedom commended.

Led in part to the formation of the OPC.

Question 9

Orthodox Presbyterian Church

Answer 9

Started by a split from the PCUSA in 1936

led by J.G. Machen as a response to in response to the Presbyeterina Board of Foreign Mission and liberalism in the PCUSA missions.

Question 10

Reformed Presbyterian Church, Evangelical Synod

Answer 10

Formed in 1965 with the union of RPC General Synod and the Evangelical Presbyterian Church.

United with the PCA in 1982 with Joining and Receiving

Question 11

National Presbyterian Church

Answer 11

in 1973, split from the (PCUS) (which was made up of the Southern Old and New Schools).

Later renamed the PCA.

theological liberalism which denied the deity of Jesus Christ and the Inerrancy and authority of Scripture and ordination of women

Question 12

Joining and Receiving

Answer 12

1982, the process by which the Reformed Presbyetrian Evangelical Synod joined the PCA.

Only successful merger. OPC and RPC North America failed.

Question 13

Westminster Assembly

Answer 13

• 1643-1653
• Assembly that constructed the church of England following the First English Civil War
• Sought religious uniformity in England according to a Presb, Reformed Model

Question 14

First Presbytery, Colonial 


Answer 14

• 1706
• 7 ministers organized the first presbytery in Philadelphia by Makemie
• Ulster

Question 15

Refomred theologcial seminary

Answer 15

Started in 1966 as by the PCUS as an independenet old school seminary–largley trained ministers for the PCA

Question 16

COvenant theological seminary

Answer 16

Added to the PCA through the Jopining and recieving of he rpces–the official seminary of the PCA

Question 17

Southern Prebyterian Journal

Answer 17

Monthly journal Created by Bell in 1942 as a call back to WCF and the word.

Question 18

Concerned prebyterians

Answer 18

1964 group of ;layman and REs orgnaized by Kenneth Keyes to reclaim the church by educating and training lay people and res

Question 19

Presbyterian Evangelsical Fellowship

Answer 19

1964 (Same as Concerned Presybterians)

Bill Hill’s group for evangelsical preaching and conferences

Starts Executive commission of overseas evangelism (ECOE) which was transferred to the Continuing Church in 1973 (later to be mission to the world)

Also started Mission to US which would later becoem MTNA

Question 20

Presbyterian Churchmen United

Answer 20

1969

Pres. Ministers Prayer Fellowship became Pres. Churchmen United , a conservative startegy group that wuld oversee that creation of the Contiuning Church