The Constitutional History of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.
By Charles Hodge
The following is comprised of Chapters IV and V of Charles Hodge’s, The Constitutional History of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America. This section covers the Great Awakening of 1740-1745, as well as the schism in the Presbyterian Church of 1741.
Table of Contents
Chapter I, Introduction to the History of the PCUSA
Beginnings and Nature of American Presbyterianism
Presbyterian Nature of Puritan Settlers in America
Chapter II, Constitutional Nature of PCUSA
Calvinist Nature of Founding Ministers of the PCUSA
Nature and Authority of the Church Courts in the Early PCUSA
Chapter III, Issues of Subscriptionism & Authority of Church Courts
The Adopting Act, Presbyterian Church from 1729 to 1741
Strict Ministerial Subscription Was Practiced
The History of the Church from 1729 until 1741
Chapter IV, The Great Revival of Religion, 1740-1745
The State of Religion Before the Revival
The Genuineness of the Revival
The State of Religion After the Revival
The Evils Attending the Revival
Chapter V, The Schism of 1741
New Brunswick Presbytery’s Disregard of Acts of Synod
Attacks on an “Unconverted Ministry.”