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Presbyterian Church split for the third time (1951, 1953, and 1959) when the church divided for and against Park Hyung- Ryong (박형룡 朴亨龍, 1897 ~ 1978), president of the Presbyterian Seminary Society of the General Assembly. The anti-Park party is called 대한예수교장로회(통합)'Tonghap' (the united
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