Wikipedia's article on the Adopting Act of 1729 documents its 19 September 1729 adoption by the Synod of Philadelphia, Jonathan Dickinson's likely authorship, and historian Lefferts Loetscher's characterization of the act as a Magna Charta in American Presbyterian theological history.
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A general reference encyclopedia, tier 3, used here for the precise 19 September 1729 adoption date and Lefferts Loetscher's historical assessment, corroborating the PCA Historical Center's own document account above. NotesUsed for the precise 19 September 1729 date and Lefferts Loetscher's Magna Charta characterization.
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