---
title: 'The State of the Church'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Clarence Edward Noble Macartney'
date: 1925-04-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Church History'
- 'Creeds and Confessions'
- 'Theological Method'
scriptures:
- 'John 16'
- 'Romans 5'
- 'Philippians 2'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/macartney-1925-the-state-of-the-church
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# The State of the Church

1925 survey of Protestant crisis: the rise of modernism ('neo‑Christianity'), the Fundamentalist reaction, and a renewed defense of creeds and core doctrines.

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