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.

Aliases (7)

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian denomination → Presbyterian denomination → Protestant denomination → religious organization →
abbreviation	PCUSA →
classification	Reformed church →
confessionalStandard	Westminster Confession of Faith → Westminster Larger Catechism → Westminster Shorter Catechism →
country	United States of America →
denominationalFamily	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 (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 (New School) → Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (Old School) → Synod of New York and Philadelphia →
regionServed	United States →
religion	Christianity →
sacrament	Lord's Supper → baptism →
theologicalTradition	Reformed theology →
worshipStyle	Word and sacrament centered → liturgical →

Referenced by (21)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Geerhardus Vos ("Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.") → Henry Winters Luce → Old First Presbyterian Church (Huntington, New York) ("Presbyterian Church (USA)") →	denomination
B. B. Warfield → John Witherspoon → Samuel Miller →	memberOf
Presbyterian Church in the United States of America ("Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (Old School)") → Presbyterian Church in the United States of America ("Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (New School)") →	precededBy
Orthodox Presbyterian Church → Presbyterian Church in America ("Presbyterian Church in the United States") →	separatedFrom
Presbyterian Church in the United States of America ("PCUSA") →	abbreviation
Westminster Confession of Faith →	adoptedBy
Elizabeth Montgomery Witherspoon ("Presbyterian Church in the United States") →	associatedWith
Presbyterian Church (USA) ("Presbyterian Church in the United States") →	formedByMergerOf
Lane Theological Seminary →	foundedBy
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America ("Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)") →	hasFullCommunionWith
Presbyterian ("Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)") →	hasMajorBranch
American Protestantism ("Presbyterian Church (USA)") →	hasOrganization
New Revised Standard Version ("Presbyterian Church (USA)") →	liturgicalUse
Fundamentalist–modernist controversy →	location
Lydia Beals Jackson Beecher ("Presbyterian Church in the United States") →	spouseDenomination