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title: 'The Agreement Between Union Seminary and the General Assembly'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'George Lewis Prentiss'
date: 1891-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Old School-New School Division'
- 'American Presbyterian and Reformed History'
- 'Presbyterian Polity'
scriptures:
- 'Acts 15'
- 'Ephesians 4'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/prentiss-1891-the-agreement-between-union-seminary-and-the-general-assembly
---

# The Agreement Between Union Seminary and the General Assembly

Examines the 1870 agreement where Union Theological Seminary conceded the General Assembly a veto in professor elections, tracing its origins, debates, and consequences through 1891.

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