John Anderson (theologian)
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John Anderson (1748 – 6 April 1830) was an Associate Presbyterian theologian.
He was born in the far north of England, by the River Tweed. He was brought up as a member of the Associate Presbyterian Church of Scotland and became a minister. He sailed to the United States in June 1783, studied for four years, and was ordained in Philadelphia 31 October 1788.[1] He later became the founding professor of one of the first Presbyterian seminaries in the United States, which later became Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, founded in 1794.[1]
He was no more than five feet tall, with black, piercing eyes and tangled hair, and gained a reputation for absent mindedness through his practice of reading a book while riding to church, not noticing when the horse wandered off the route.
He wrote the book Alexander and Rufus: Dialogues on Church Communion.
Anderson is also known for his extensive work defending the traditional Presbyterian practice of exclusive psalm singing, Vindiciae Cantus Dominici, published in revised form in 1800.[4]
References
- ^ a b c "A – Abenaki to Awl". The Little List. Archived from the original on 24 June 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
- ^ "Raccoon Township Archived 2014-11-10 at the Wayback Machine". Beaver County Bicentennial Commission. Beaver County Bicentennial Atlas. Beaver: Beaver County Bicentennial Commission, 1976.
- ^ John Anderson (1820). Alexander and Rufus: or, A series of dialogues on church communion in two parts : the first being a vindication of scriptural church communion in opposition to latitudinarian schemes : the second being a defence of the communion maintained in the secession church. Cramer & Spear. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
- ^ "Vindiciae cantus Dominici. In two parts: I. A discourse on the duty of singing the book of Psalms in solemn worship. II. A vindication of the doctrine taught in the preceding discourse. With an appendix: containing essays and observations on various subjects : Anderson, John, 1748?-1830 : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive". archive.org. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
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