William Greenough Thayer Shedd
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| Alma mater | University of Vermont Andover Theological Seminary |
| Occupation(s) | Theologian, professor |
William Greenough Thayer Shedd (June 21, 1820 – November 17, 1894) was an American
theologian from Massachusetts
.
Life
William Greenough Thayer Shedd was the son of the Reverend Marshall Shedd and Eliza Thayer and was born in Acton, Massachusetts on June 21, 1820.[1]
In 1835, Shedd enrolled at the
Presbyterian church. Being called to the ministry, Shedd entered Andover Theological Seminary in 1840 and studied under theologian Leonard Woods
. He graduated in 1843.
After a short pastorate at
Published works
Dr. Shedd was a high
Calvinist and was one of the most notable systematic theologians of the American Presbyterian church. His great work was Dogmatic Theology (3 vols, 1888–1894). He served as editor of Coleridge's Complete Works (7 vols, New York, 1894).[3]
He also wrote:
- The Influence of Temperance Upon Intellectual Discipline: A Discourse Delivered Before the Temperance Society of the University of Vermont (1844)
- Lectures on the Philosophy of History (1856), in which he applied to history the doctrine of organic evolution
- Discourses and Essays (1856)
- A Manual of Church History (2 vols, 1857), a translation of Guericke
- A History of Christian Doctrine (2 vols, 1863)
- Homiletics and Pastoral Theology (1867)
- Sermons to the Natural Man (1871)
- Theological Essays (1877)
- Literary Essays (1878)
- Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans (1879)
- Sermons to the Spiritual Man (1884)
- The Doctrine of Endless Punishment (1885)[3]
References
- ^ Dogmatic Theology, ed. by Alan Gomes. Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R, 2003. p.16
- ^ James Marsh Summary. Retrieved July 17, 2019 – via www.bookrags.com.
- ^ a b c One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Shedd, William Greenough Thayer". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 24 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 817.
- ^ Gomes, 17-18
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