Archibald Alexander Hodge & Benjamin B. Warfield - Inspiration

The word inspiration, as applied to the Holy Scriptures,has gradually acquired a specific technical meaning independent of its etymology.At first this word,in the sense of God-breathed,vvas used to express the entire agency of God in producing that divine element which distinguishes Scripture from all other writings.It was used in a sense comprehensive of supernatural revelation,while the immense range of providential and gracious divine activities concerning the genesis of the word of God in human language was practically overlooked. But Christian scholar have come to see that this divine element, which penetrates and glorifies Scripture at every point, has entered and become incorporated with it in very various ways, natural, supernatural and gracious, thi Dugh long courses of providential leading, as well as by direct suggestion through the spontaneous action of the souls of the sacred writers, as well as by controlling influence from A vithout.

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Benjamín B. Warfield - Counterfeit Miracles

More than sixty years after his death B.B. Warfield's witness remains a powerful influence in main-stream Christianity simply because no successor has attained to his eminence as a biblical theologian. In his years at Princeton, 1886-1921, he was unquestionably the best-known opponent of the rationalism and anti-supernaturalism which threatened the life of the Church in the 20th Century; for him a non-miraculous Christianity was no Christianity at all. But with his breadth of vision Warfield also saw the danger of false claims to the possession of miraculous gifts - claims which have repeatedly been made both by the Church of Rome and by groups within Protestantism.

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Benjamín B. Warfield - The Right Of Systematic Theology

Published in 1897, while systematic theology as a formal and modern discipline was still in it's nascency, Warfield makes an appeal to it's place amongst the other Christian disciplines.

This edition features an active table of contents.

The Right of Systematic Theology is part of The Fig Classic Series on Modern Theology.

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Benjamín B. Warfield - Is Jesus God:An Argument

This little volume offers a constructive argument for the Deity of Christ. It owes its origin to an attempt by the members of a class in Princeton Theological Seminary, during the session of 1911-1912—the Centennial Session of the Seminary—to give a reasoned answer to a series of inquiries. These, taken in sequence, raised the salient questions which every one must face who undertakes to investigate historically the evidence for the Deity of Christ. These inquiries, in their order, were:—

1. Does the Christian Church teach the Deity of Christ?
2. Has the Christian Church always taught the Deity of Christ?
3. Do the New Testament writers teach the Deity of Christ?
4. Do the Evangelists represent Christ as Himself teaching His Deity?
5. Did Jesus teach His own Deity?
6. Is Christ God?

A considerable number of essays were presented on each of these topics. Those here printed were selected because they seemed to fit well into one another, and together to present a solid argument for the ultimate conclusion.

-From the Introduction by B.B. Warfield

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Benjamín B. Warfield - Studies In Theology

Although justly famed for his landmark defense of the divine inspiration and authority of Scripture, B.B. Warfield was a theologian with multiple interests. The same high quality of erudition and Christian faithfulness marked all his studies on biblical, theological, historical and practical issues. Studies in Theology contains articles by Warfield on a wide and fascinating variety of themes. Rich doctrinal treatments of the Atonement, the Inspiration of Scripture, Systematic Theology and Christian Supernaturalism are, perhaps, to be expected by those familiar with Warfield's reputation. But here his interests include such subjects as "The Archaeology of the Mode of Baptism" and "Charles Darwin's Religious Life". The 21 essays in this volume provide a glorious kaleidoscope of Warfield's written ministry.

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