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Archibald Alexander
1772–1851
Archibald Alexander. Founding professor of Princeton Theological Seminary (1812). Deeply shaped by Edwards and the 18th-century revivals.
From The Doctrine of Original Sin as Held by the Church, Both Before and After the Reformation
[By Archibald Alexander.] Although, as has been shown in a former article, the Pelagian doctrines respecting original sin were condemned by councils and popes, yet the heresy was not soon extinguished; but was in whole or in part adopted by many learned and ingenious men. To many, the opinions of Augustine appeared harsh, and hardly reconcilable with moral agency and human accountableness. They, therefore, endeavoured to strike out a middle course between the rigid doctrines of Augustine and the unscriptural opinions of Pelagius. This led to the adoption of an intermediate system, which obtained the denomination of semi-Pelagianism; and as these views seem to have been generally received about Marseilles, in the south of France, the abettors of this theory were very commonly called Massilienses . Augustine entered also into this controversy, and carried on a correspondence on the subject with Prosper and Hilary, two learned men of that region;…
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The Doctrine of Original Sin as Held by the Church, Both Before and After the Reformation 1830
A historical and theological study of original sin doctrine as understood by the Church before and after the Protestant Reformation.
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Thoughts on Religious Experience 1868
An examination of the nature and characteristics of genuine religious experience, exploring how believers encounter and understand divine grace in their spiritual lives.
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