The Presbyterian Conflict

by Edwin H. Rian

Publisher:

Wipf and Stock

, 2017

Overview

Edwin Rian left his doctoral studies in German to help found Westminster Seminary where he served as President of the Board of Trustees. The Presbyterian Conflict was the first historical account written of the struggle over doctrinal and ecclesiastical orthodoxy at Princeton Seminary in the early twentieth Century, culminating in the decision of many of its conservative faculty to resign and form a new seminary. It remains distinctly helpful and informative as a firsthand account of the man at its center, J. Gresham Machen.

Key Features

• Explains the significance of the theological struggle within the Presbyterian Church en the USA.
• Narrates the ecclesiastical orthodoxy at Princeton Seminary in the early twentieth Century.
• Shows the Old School and the New School theology of the Presbyterian Church.

Product Details

• Title: The Presbyterian Conflict
• Author: Edwin H. Rian
• Publisher: Wipf and Stock
• Print Publication Date: 2017
• Pages: 342
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• ISBNs: 9781532637575, 1532637578
• Resource ID: LLS:PRESBCONFLCT
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-12-21T17:30:03Z

About Edwin H. Rian

Edwin H. Rian left his doctoral studies in German to help found Westminster Seminary where he served as President of the Board of Trustees.