9 May 1960 A.D. Death of Dr. Charles R. Erdman. Opponent of Prof. J. Gresham Machen. Erdman v. Machen -- > Soft-Confessional Presbyterian v. High Confessional Presbyterian? Yes!
9 May 1960 A.D. Death of Dr. Charles R. Erdman. Opponent of Prof. J. Gresham Machen. Erdman v. Machen -- > Soft-Confessional Presbyterian v. High Confessional Presbyterian? Yes! Archivist. “May 9: Death of Dr. Charles R. Erdman [1866-1960].” This Day in Presbyterian History. 9 May 2014. http://www.thisday.pcahistory.org/2014/05/may-9-death-of-dr-charles-r-erdman-1866-1960-2/ . Accessed 9 May 2014. May 9: Death of Dr. Charles R. Erdman [1866-1960] It was at the momentous Syracuse, N.Y. meeting of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, U.S.A. where Dr. J. Gresham Machen was officially defrocked from the ministry of that denomination. That action in turn then prompted the founding of what was to become the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. Also in attendance at that General Assembly in Syracuse was one of Machen’s many adversaries, Dr. Charles R. Erdman, a man who was by all accounts staunchly evangelical. Yet he found h...