Warfield examines the historical doctrine of the Trinity, Augustine's life, and the Christian understanding of knowledge
Warfield examines the historical doctrine of the Trinity, Augustine's life, and the Christian understanding of knowledgeWarfield examines the historical doctrine of the Trinity, Augustine's life, and the Christian understanding of knowledge
In his distinguished career, B. B. Warfield contributed to multiple theological disciplines including biblical studies, philosophy, ecclesiology, practical theology, church history, and historical theology.
In these articles, Warfield brings his wide breadth of knowledge to focus on the life and thought of Augustine and Tertullian. He provides a detailed analysis of Augustine's ConfessionsConfessions, Augustine's doctrine of knowledge, and also a short but comprehensive accounting of the great theologian's life.
Warfield also focuses on the historical controversy of the Trinity, examining the thought of Tertullian and his defense of orthodox trinitarianism. An incredibly detailed theological exegesis, Warfield shows how Tertullian gave shape to the key concepts of the Trinity and established the doctrine as both historically congruous with the church's teaching and biblical revelation.
ArticlesArticles
-AugustineAugustine
-Augustine and His ‘Confessions’Augustine and His ‘Confessions’
-Augustine’s Doctrine of Knowledge and Authority, Part 1Augustine’s Doctrine of Knowledge and Authority, Part 1
-Augustines Doctrine of Knowledge and Authority, Part 2Augustines Doctrine of Knowledge and Authority, Part 2
-Augustine and the Pelagian ControversyAugustine and the Pelagian Controversy
-Tertullian and the Beginning of the Doctrine of the Trinity, Part 1 Tertullian and the Beginning of the Doctrine of the Trinity, Part 1
-Tertullian and the Beginning of the Doctrine of the Trinity, Part 2Tertullian and the Beginning of the Doctrine of the Trinity, Part 2
-Tertullian and the Beginning of the Doctrine of the Trinity, Part 3Tertullian and the Beginning of the Doctrine of the Trinity, Part 3
Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield was professor of theology at Princeton Seminary from 1887 to 1921. Some conservative Presbyterians consider him to be the last of the great Princeton theologians before the split in 1929 that formed Westminster Seminary and the Orthodox Presbyterian Church.
During his tenure, his primary thrust (and that of the seminary) was an authoritative view of the Bible. This view was held in contrast to the emotionalism of the revival movements, the rationalism of higher criticism, and the heterodox teachings of various New religious movements that were emerging. The seminary held fast to the Reformed confessional tradition -- that is, it faithfully followed the Westminster Confession of Faith.
Warfield was a thoroughgoing evidentialist and the most prominent exponent of the Old Princeton school.
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