Archibald Alexander Hodge

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Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield
Personal details
Born(1823-07-18)July 18, 1823
Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.
DiedNovember 12, 1886(1886-11-12) (aged 63)
Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.
Spouses
Elizabeth Bent Holliday
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(m. 1847)​
Margaret (McLaren) Woods
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(m. 1862)​
ChildrenSarah Bache Hodge (1848–1921)
Elizabeth Holliday Hodge (1849–1893)
Parent(s)
Princeton College
Princeton Theological Seminary
OccupationProfessor, minister
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Archibald Alexander Hodge (July 18, 1823 – November 12, 1886), an American

Princeton Seminary between 1878 and 1886.[1]

Biography

He was born on July 18, 1823, to Sarah and Charles Hodge in Princeton, New Jersey.[1] He was named after Charles' mentor, the first principal of Princeton Seminary, Archibald Alexander.

Hodge attended the College of New Jersey (later Princeton University) in 1841 and then Princeton Theological Seminary in 1847.[1]

He served as a missionary in

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. There he remained until in 1877 he was called to Princeton to be the associate of his father, Charles Hodge, in the distinguished chair of systematic theology. He took on the full responsibilities of the chair of systematic theology in 1878.[2]

He died on November 12, 1886, in Princeton, New Jersey, from "a severe cold ... which settled in his kidneys".[1]

Influence

At the time of his death, he was a trustee of the College of New Jersey and a leader in the Presbyterian Church. His interests extended beyond religion. He touched the religious world at many points. During the years immediately preceding his death he did not slacken his work, but continued his work of writing, preaching, lecturing, making addresses, coming into contact with men, influencing them, and by doing so widening the influence of Christianity. Among the most influential was an article titled Inspiration that began a series in the Presbyterian Review which established the discipline of biblical theology as a historical science. This article was coauthored with B. B. Warfield in 1880.[3]

Characteristics

Hodge's distinguishing characteristic as a theologian was his power as a thinker. He had a mind of singular acuteness, and though never a professed student of

ISBN 0-8370-0932-4), a very useful book, full of clear thinking and compact statement. He contributed some important articles to encyclopedias – Johnson's, McClintock and Strong's, and the Schaff
-Herzog (the Schaff-Herzog encyclopedia furnished the kernel from which this article developed). He was one of the founders of the Presbyterian Review, to the pages of which he was a frequent contributor.

Sermons

In the pulpit, Hodge had few sermons, and he preached them frequently. They were never written nor deliberately planned. They grew from small beginnings and, as he went through the process of thinking them over as often as he preached them, they gradually became more elaborate.

Publications

Articles

  • Hodge, Archibald Alexander (1878). "The Ordo Salutis". The Princeton Review. 1: 304–321. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
  • Hodge, Archibald Alexander (December 1883). "Morality and Religion". The North American Review. 137 (325). Retrieved March 23, 2013.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Archibald Alexander Hodge" (PDF). The New York Times. November 13, 1886. p. 2. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
  2. S2CID 144342855
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  3. JSTOR 3141862
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Academic offices
Preceded by Principal of Princeton Theological Seminary
1878–1886 		Succeeded by
Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield
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