Synod of the Trinity

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The Presbyterian Church in the United States of America has its roots in the territory of the Synod of the Trinity, which was founded as the Synod of Philadelphia in 1717 following the division of the Presbytery of Philadelphia into three presbyteries (Philadelphia, New Castle, and Long Island), with the synod as a superior body.{{cite book|title=Historical Sketch of the Synod of Philadelphia|last=Patterson|first=R.M.|year=1876|url=https://archive.org/stream/synod00patt#page/8/mode/2up|page=8}} After the Presbytery of New Brunswick was expelled from the synod in 1741 during a major division in the church, Jonathan Dickinson left the synod in 1745 to form the Synod of New York. An advocate of the Great Awakening, Dickinson founded a seminary that later became Princeton University.{{Cite web |url=http://etcweb.princeton.edu/CampusWWW/Companion/dickinson_jonathan.html |title=Jonathan Dickinson, Princeton |access-date=2007-11-04 |archive-date=2006-09-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060901071826/http://etcweb.princeton.edu/CampusWWW/Companion/dickinson_jonathan.html |url-status=dead }} The synod was reunited as the Synod of New York and Philadelphia in 1758.{{cite book|title=History of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America|last=Gillett|first=E.H.|volume=1|year=1864|page=104|publisher=Applewood Books |isbn=9781429018326|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s9OoWLTJqvcC&pg=PA138}}

By 1851, the synod, then known as the Synod of Philadelphia, was "one of the largest and most influential Synods in the Presbyterian Church, embracing the entire States of Delaware, Maryland, and the greater part of the State of Pennsylvania."[https://www.nytimes.com/1851/10/28/archives/philadelphia-assassinationsnative-americans-and-troublesynod-of.html "Philadelphia", The New York Times, 27 October 1851] By 1881, the synod consisted of nineteen Pennsylvania counties, the City of Philadelphia, and a portion of western Africa.[https://www.nytimes.com/1881/10/17/archives/the-synod-of-philadelphia.html Synod of Philadelphia, The New York Times, 17 October 1881] In 1882, the name was changed to the Synod of Pennsylvania. When the General Assembly decided in 1973 to create regional judicatories, the synod was merged with the Synod of West Virginia to form the Synod of Pennsylvania-West Virginia. Finally, when church reunion occurred in 1983, presbyteries in a portion of eastern Ohio were joined to the synod and the name was changed to the Synod of the Trinity.

The Presbyterian Historical Society shows 81 Presbyterian/Reformed historic sites registered within the bounds of the synod.

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There are sixteen presbyteries in the synod.

• [https://beaverbutler.org/ Beaver-Butler]
• [http://www.carlislepby.org/ Carlisle]
• [http://www.donegalpby.org/ Donegal]
• [http://www.huntingdonpresbytery.com/ Huntingdon]
• [http://www.kiskipby.org/ Kiskiminetas]
• Lackawanna
• [http://www.pbylakeerie.org/ Lake Erie]
• [http://www.lehighpresbytery.org/ Lehigh]
• Northumberland
• Philadelphia
• [http://www.pghpresbytery.org/ Pittsburgh]
• Presbytery of Redstone
• [http://shenango.org/ Shenango]
• [http://www.uovpresby.org/ Upper Ohio Valley]
• Washington Presbytery
• [http://www.wvpresbytery.org/ West Virginia]

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• {{official website|http://www.syntrinity.org/}}

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