History of the Associate Reformed Synod of the South, to which is prefixed a history of the Associate Presbyterian and Reformed Presbyterian Churches

Notes

Primary source for Chapter 5 evidence gap: This denominational history by Robert Lathan may document “parallel silent cases”—people who joined the ARP due to psalmody convictions. Key to proving Rankin’s case illuminates a broader pattern.

OCR status: Cloud Vision OCR complete (2026-02-01). Full text at data/cache/arp-south-history-ocr.txt (1,043,411 chars).

Research questions to investigate:

• Who joined the ARP and from which churches?
• Is psalmody cited as a reason for transfers?
• Any mention of Adam Rankin’s reception?
• Evidence of others who transferred over psalmody?

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