Charles Hodge

Download or read book Charles Hodge written by W. Andrew Hoffecker and published by American Reformed Biographies. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Charles Hodge (1797-1878) is regarded by many as the most significant American theologian of the nineteenth century. He drove forward the rapid growth of theological education and contributed to Presbyterianism's wide-ranging influence in public life. His advocacy of a Reformed orthodoxy combined with evangelical piety attracted a broad following within Old School Presbyterianism that spilled over into American evangelicalism as a whole. Hodge helped to define a distinctive ministerial modelthe pastor-scholar and his fingerprints can be seen all over the Reformed Christian scene of today" -- Publisher description.