Old School–New School Presbyterian controversies

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19th-century religious controversy Presbyterian controversy ecclesiastical controversy theological controversy

The Old School–New School Presbyterian controversies were 19th-century theological and ecclesiastical disputes within American Presbyterianism that led to a major denominational split over issues such as revivalism, doctrine, and church governance.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Old School Presbyterianism	1
Old School–New School Presbyterian controversies canonical	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	19th-century religious controversy ⓘ Presbyterian controversy ⓘ ecclesiastical controversy ⓘ theological controversy ⓘ
cause	disputes over Calvinist doctrine ⓘ disputes over church governance ⓘ disputes over confessional subscription to the Westminster Standards ⓘ disputes over cooperation with non-Presbyterian evangelicals ⓘ disputes over revivalism ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
denominationalContext	Presbyterian Church in the United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ
ecclesiasticalIssue	authority of the General Assembly ⓘ control of home and foreign missions ⓘ relationship to voluntary missionary societies ⓘ
endTime	1869 ⓘ
field	American religious history ⓘ historical theology ⓘ
followedBy	1869 reunion of Old School and New School branches in the North ⓘ
hasPart	New School Presbyterian party NERFINISHED ⓘ Old School Presbyterian party NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	later Presbyterian debates over modernism and fundamentalism ⓘ
influencedBy	Second Great Awakening NERFINISHED ⓘ revivalism of Charles Grandison Finney ⓘ
location	American frontier regions ⓘ Northern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainSubject	American Presbyterianism ⓘ
opposedBy	New School Presbyterians NERFINISHED ⓘ Old School Presbyterians NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	New England Calvinism NERFINISHED ⓘ Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (New School) NERFINISHED ⓘ Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (Old School) NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Great Awakening NERFINISHED ⓘ Westminster Confession of Faith NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousTradition	Protestantism ⓘ
result	division of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America ⓘ formation of separate Old School and New School General Assemblies ⓘ long-term fragmentation within American Presbyterianism ⓘ
significantEvent	1837 Presbyterian schism NERFINISHED ⓘ 1838 division of the General Assembly ⓘ
startTime	1820s ⓘ
theologicalIssue	New England theology NERFINISHED ⓘ doctrinal subscription ⓘ extent of human ability in salvation ⓘ imputation of Adam’s sin ⓘ revivalist methods ⓘ
timePeriod	19th century ⓘ

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Constitutional History of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America → historicalContext → Old School–New School Presbyterian controversies ⓘ

Archibald Alexander Hodge → movement → Old School–New School Presbyterian controversies ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old School Presbyterianism