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Old Princeton: Her Pastoral Heart

David Calhoun
Jan 20, 2016
Before Princeton Theological Seminary was founded in 1812, John Witherspoon, the sixth president of Princeton College, wrote in the Form of Government of the Presbyterian Church: “Truth is in order to goodness, and the great touchstone of truth, its tendency to promote holiness.” As early as 1800,...

Old Princeton: Her Missionary Outreach

David Calhoun
Jan 18, 2016
According to Kenneth Scott Latourette the 19 th century was “the great century” of missions. He, therefore, devoted three of the seven volumes of his History of the Expansion of Christianity to the nineteenth century. Princeton Seminary’s history began during the early part of the “great century”...

Old Princeton: The Seminary's Influence Through Two Centuries (1812-1929)

David Calhoun
Jan 15, 2016
On August 12, 1812, people crowded into the Presbyterian Church in Princeton, New Jersey, for the inauguration of Archibald Alexander as the first professor of a new school—a theological seminary. The sermon of the day was given by Samuel Miller, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of New York...

Old Princeton: The Legacy of Old Princeton Seminary

David Calhoun
Jan 13, 2016
The Synod of Dort summed up the soteriology of Calvinism in five points. In this article I will sum up the legacy of Old Princeton Seminary in six points. 1. God’s Word is truth. On the last New Year’s day of his life, Charles Hodge was visited by one of the seminary students, who asked for a motto...