The Five Fundamentals Declared

I.The Five Fundamentals Declared a.the General Assembly of 1910 adopted a five-point doctrinal and stated that the following doctrines were “essential and necessary” to the Presbyterian system: i.the inerrancy of the original manuscripts of Scripture; ii.Christ’s virgin birth; iii.His vicarious atonement; iv.His bodily resurrection; and v.the reality of miracles as recorded in the Scriptures. b.Historically, these are the famous five points of Presbyterian Fundamentalism. c.the 1910 Assembly added that other biblical truths were “equally” important. d.During the years after 1910 the five-point declaration was repeatedly attacked and disputed by liberals. Increasingly, the denomination was relegating these doctrines to the realm of theory.