The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)'s own history page, describing the 1861 secession of southern Presbyterians over slavery and the federal union, forming what became the Presbyterian Church in the United States (PCUS), and the 10 June 1983 reunion with the northern United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (UPCUSA) that formed the present-day PC(USA).
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The reunited denomination's own history page, naming the 1861 slavery-era secession that formed the PCCSA (later PCUS) and the 1983 reunion with the northern UPCUSA in its own words. Notes"When the country could not reconcile the issue of slavery and the federal union, the southern Presbyterians split from the PCUSA, forming the PCCSA in 1861," later the Presbyterian Church in the United States (PCUS). Reunion in 1983 joined the PCUS, the southern stream, with the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (UPCUSA), the northern stream, to form the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Reunion was celebrated at Atlanta on 10 June 1983, in the state where the 1861 division occurred, 122 years earlier.
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AuthorPresbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
PublisherPresbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
URLhttps://pcusa.org/historical-society/history-online/history/history-church
Source TypeOfficial denominational history
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Custodian SourceYes
Custodian BodyPresbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Custodian BasisThe present-day reunited denomination's own historical account of its own 1861 division and 1983 reunion.
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