---
title: 'State of the Church'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Charles Hodge'
date: 1838-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Congregational-Presbyterian Plan of Union'
- 'American Presbyterian and Reformed History'
scriptures:
- 'Acts 15'
- 'Matthew 18'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/hodge-1838-state-of-the-church
---

# State of the Church

Account of 1837–38 Presbyterian controversies: the General Assembly’s abrogation of the Plan of Union, exclusion of mixed presbyteries/synods, and disputes over church order.

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