James Moffatt Quotes

James Moffatt was a Scottish theologian and graduate of Glasgow University.Moffatt trained at the Free Church College, Glasgow, and was a practicing minister at the United Free Church in Dundonald in the early years of his career. He received the degree Doctor of Divinity from the University of St Andrews in April 1902.In 1911, he was appointed Professor of Greek and New Testament Exegesis at Mansfield College, Oxford, but he returned to Glasgow in 1915 as Professor of Church History at the United Free Church College. From 1927 to 1939, he was Washburn Professor of Church History at the Union Theological Seminary, New York. In addition, he translated a Modern English Bible translation, the Moffatt, New Translation . Wikipedia  

✵ 1870 – 1944
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James Moffatt Quotes

“Hell is an element of any religion which is morally healthy.”

James Moffatt

as quoted by Miles H. Krumbine in: [Review of What Is Hell?, The Journal of Religion, 10, 3, 1930, 435–436, 0022-4189, 10.1086/480965]

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