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The First Synod of New York, 1745–1758 and its Permanent Effects1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2009

Robert Hastings Nichols
Affiliation:
Union Theological Seminary, New York

Extract

The first Synod of New York, formed two hundred years and a month ago, was the outcome of a religious revival, the Great Awakening, which on a great scale transformed and regenerated organized Christianity in the American colonies. The life of the Synod is a brilliant example of this transforming and regenerating work, so that its history is of much more than Presbyterian significance. Among its permanent effects was the stámping upon American Presbyterianism of a lofty character derived from the great revival.

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Copyright © American Society of Church History 1945

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