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The Orthodox Presbyterian Church (1936)

Philadelphia, 11 June 1936

Founded by J. Gresham Machen and other confessional Presbyterians who left the PCUSA over the Auburn Affirmation (1924) and the modernist controversy. The OPC subscribes to the Westminster Standards in the American 1788 text, rejecting the 1903 PCUSA Declaratory Statements that had softened the decree and added a chapter on the Holy Spirit. The OPC is arguably the most rigorously Westminster-subscribing American Presbyterian body — its confessional practice requires strict subscription to the Standards as the system of doctrine taught in Scripture.

Departures from the Westminster baseline

The Orthodox Presbyterian Church (1936) departs from the Westminster baseline on 1 of the 35 attributes.

VIII · Civil & Last Things · Magistrate's Role

Protective-Not-Directive (1788) override vs WCF: Custos-Utriusque-Tabulae (1646)

Connected cruxes 9

Cruxes where this school's anchor personas were active parties, or where this tradition is mentioned in the legacy narrative.

Good and Necessary Consequence 1644–1645 The Mosaic Covenant 1645–1646 The Imputation of Christ's Active Obedience August–October 1645 The Tripartite Division of the Law 1645 Sacramental Efficacy: Signs and Seals 1646 The Magistrate and the Two Tables 1646; revised 1788 The Pope as Antichrist 1646 The Final Judgment and the Last Things 1647 The 1788 American Revision 1787–1788 (post-Assembly)

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