---
title: 'Organic Union or Federation'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'John Sprole Lyons'
date: 1918-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'American Presbyterian and Reformed History'
- 'Northern-Southern Presbyterian Division'
- 'Presbyterian Polity'
scriptures:
- 'John 17'
- 'Ephesians 4'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/lyons-1918-organic-union-or-federation
---

# Organic Union or Federation

1918 essay weighing organic union vs. federation between the Presbyterian Church (U.S.) and the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., assessing history, pros/cons, and council action.

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