Presbyterian Church in the United States of America

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Christian denomination Presbyterian denomination Protestant denomination religious organization

The Presbyterian Church in the United States of America was a major American Protestant denomination rooted in Reformed theology and Presbyterian polity that played a central role in the development of Presbyterianism in the United States.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Presbyterian Church in the United States of America canonical	24
Presbyterian Church in the United States	8
Presbyterian Church (USA)	3
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	2
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.	2
PCUSA	1
Presbyterian Church (historical)	1
Presbyterian Church in the American colonies	1
Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (New School)	1
Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (Old School)	1
Presbyterian Church in the United States of America General Assembly	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian denomination ⓘ Presbyterian denomination ⓘ Protestant denomination ⓘ religious organization ⓘ
abbreviation	Presbyterian Church in the United States of America self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: PCUSA
classification	Reformed church ⓘ
confessionalStandard	Westminster Confession of Faith ⓘ Westminster Larger Catechism ⓘ Westminster Shorter Catechism ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
denominationalFamily	Presbyterian ⓘ surface form: Presbyterianism
doctrineEmphasis	authority of Scripture ⓘ salvation by grace through faith ⓘ sovereignty of God ⓘ
ecclesiasticalTradition	Calvinism ⓘ
foundedBy	Presbyterian synods in the United States ⓘ
governingBody	General Assembly ⓘ
hasClergyTitle	minister of Word and Sacrament ⓘ
hasMissionFocus	education ⓘ foreign missions ⓘ social reform ⓘ
hasOffice	deacon ⓘ ruling elder ⓘ teaching elder ⓘ
hasPolityBody	presbytery ⓘ session ⓘ synod ⓘ
languageOfWorship	English ⓘ
mergedInto	Presbyterian Church (USA) ⓘ surface form: Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
mergedWith	United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. ⓘ
mergerDate	1983 ⓘ
orientation	mainline Protestant ⓘ
partOf	American mainline Protestantism ⓘ
playedCentralRoleIn	development of Presbyterianism in the United States ⓘ
polity	Presbyterian polity ⓘ
precededBy	Presbyterian Church in the United States of America self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (New School) Presbyterian Church in the United States of America self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (Old School) Synod of New York and Philadelphia ⓘ
regionServed	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
religion	Christianity ⓘ
sacrament	Holy Eucharist ⓘ surface form: Lord's Supper baptism ⓘ
theologicalTradition	Reformed theology ⓘ
worshipStyle	Word and sacrament centered ⓘ liturgical ⓘ

Referenced by (45)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Westminster Confession of Faith → adoptedBy → Presbyterian Church in the United States of America ⓘ

Old First Presbyterian Church (Huntington, New York) → denomination → Presbyterian Church in the United States of America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Presbyterian Church (USA)

American Protestantism → hasOrganization → Presbyterian Church in the United States of America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Presbyterian Church (USA)

New Revised Standard Version → liturgicalUse → Presbyterian Church in the United States of America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Presbyterian Church (USA)

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America → hasFullCommunionWith → Presbyterian Church in the United States of America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)

Presbyterian → hasMajorBranch → Presbyterian Church in the United States of America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)

John Witherspoon → memberOf → Presbyterian Church in the United States of America ⓘ

Henry Winters Luce → denomination → Presbyterian Church in the United States of America ⓘ

Presbyterian Church in the United States of America → abbreviation → Presbyterian Church in the United States of America self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: PCUSA

Presbyterian Church in the United States of America → precededBy → Presbyterian Church in the United States of America self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (Old School)

Presbyterian Church in the United States of America → precededBy → Presbyterian Church in the United States of America self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (New School)

Presbyterian Church in America → separatedFrom → Presbyterian Church in the United States of America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Presbyterian Church in the United States

Fundamentalist–modernist controversy → location → Presbyterian Church in the United States of America ⓘ

Orthodox Presbyterian Church → separatedFrom → Presbyterian Church in the United States of America ⓘ

B. B. Warfield → memberOf → Presbyterian Church in the United States of America ⓘ

Geerhardus Vos → denomination → Presbyterian Church in the United States of America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.

Presbyterian Church (USA) → formedByMergerOf → Presbyterian Church in the United States of America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Presbyterian Church in the United States

Samuel Miller → memberOf → Presbyterian Church in the United States of America ⓘ

Lane Theological Seminary → foundedBy → Presbyterian Church in the United States of America ⓘ

Lydia Beals Jackson Beecher → spouseDenomination → Presbyterian Church in the United States of America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Presbyterian Church in the United States

Elizabeth Montgomery Witherspoon → associatedWith → Presbyterian Church in the United States of America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Presbyterian Church in the United States

Paul Tulane → associatedWith → Presbyterian Church in the United States of America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Presbyterian Church in the United States

Archibald Alexander → memberOf → Presbyterian Church in the United States of America ⓘ

Synod of New York and Philadelphia → influenced → Presbyterian Church in the United States of America ⓘ

General Assembly → denomination → Presbyterian Church in the United States of America ⓘ

subject surface form: General Assembly (Presbyterian Church in the United States of America)

General Assembly → governs → Presbyterian Church in the United States of America ⓘ

subject surface form: General Assembly (Presbyterian Church in the United States of America)

PCA → separatedFrom → Presbyterian Church in the United States of America ⓘ

subject surface form: Presbyterian Church in America

this entity surface form: Presbyterian Church in the United States

Gilbert Tennent → associatedWith → Presbyterian Church in the United States of America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Presbyterian Church in the American colonies

United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. → foundedByMergerOf → Presbyterian Church in the United States of America ⓘ

United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. → mergerPartner → Presbyterian Church in the United States of America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Presbyterian Church in the United States

Edward V. Ramage → memberOf → Presbyterian Church in the United States of America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Presbyterian Church in the United States

Springfield Presbytery → partOf → Presbyterian Church in the United States of America ⓘ

Breckinridge → memberOf → Presbyterian Church in the United States of America ⓘ

subject surface form: Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield

Old Princeton theology → associatedDenomination → Presbyterian Church in the United States of America ⓘ

Annie Pearce Kinkead Warfield → associatedWith → Presbyterian Church in the United States of America ⓘ

Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions → associatedWithDenomination → Presbyterian Church in the United States of America ⓘ

Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions → opposedBy → Presbyterian Church in the United States of America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Presbyterian Church in the United States of America General Assembly

Hodge → memberOf → Presbyterian Church in the United States of America ⓘ

subject surface form: Charles Hodge

Constitutional History of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America → mainSubject → Presbyterian Church in the United States of America ⓘ

Caspar Wistar Hodge Sr. → memberOf → Presbyterian Church in the United States of America ⓘ

Carroll University → religiousAffiliation → Presbyterian Church in the United States of America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Presbyterian Church (historical)

Westminster Presbyterian Church → associatedWith → Presbyterian Church in the United States of America ⓘ

Rev. Edward Duffield Neill → denomination → Presbyterian Church in the United States of America ⓘ

subject surface form: Edward Duffield Neill

Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions → denomination → Presbyterian Church in the United States of America ⓘ

Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions → parentOrganization → Presbyterian Church in the United States of America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.