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Charles Hodge was a Presbyterian theologian and principal of Princeton Theological Seminary between 1851 and 1878.

He was a leading exponent of the Princeton Theology, an orthodox Calvinist theological tradition in America during the 19th century. He argued strongly for the authority of the Bible as the Word of God. Many of his ideas were adopted in the 20th century by Fundamentalists and Evangelicals. Wikipedia  

✵ 27. December 1797 – 19. June 1878
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Famous Charles Hodge Quotes

“The Spirit never makes men the instruments of converting others until they feel that they cannot do it themselves; that their skill in argument, in persuasion, in management, avails nothing.”

Charles Hodge

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 122.

“The doctrines of grace humble man without degrading him and exalt him without inflating him.”

Charles Hodge

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 334.

“Its very essence is trust upon Him and His sin-expiating and life-purchasing merits. Its very essence consists in its self-emptying, self-denying, Christ-grasping energy.”

Charles Hodge

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 226.

“The best evidence of the Bible's being the word of God is to be found between its covers. It proves itself.”

Charles Hodge

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 35.

“There is more of power to sanctify, elevate, strengthen, and cheer in the word Jesus (Jehovah-Saviour) than in all the utterances of man since the world began.”

Charles Hodge

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 87.

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