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B. B. Warfield

(1851–1921) Theologian

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B. B. Warfield was a theologian.

Quick Facts About B. B. Warfield

Born: November 5, 1851
Died: February 16, 1921
Profession: Theologian

About B. B. Warfield

[Wikidata] American theologian (1851–1921)... | [Wikipedia] Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield was an American professor of Reformed theology at Princeton Seminary from 1887 to 1921. He served as the last principal of the Princeton Theological Seminary from 1886 to 1902. After the death of Warfield in office, Francis Landey Patton took over the functions of the

Quotes by B. B. Warfield

Had Christ not risen we could not believe Him to be what He declared Himself when He "made Himself equal with God."…

Believe

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He who begins by seeking God within himself may end by confusing himself with God.

Confusing

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The marvel of marvels is not that God, in His infinite love, has not elected all this guilty race to be saved,…

Guilty

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I do not think that there is any general statement in the Bible or any part of the account of creation, either…

Accounts

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A firm faith in the universal providence of God is the solution of all earthly problems. It is almost equally true that…

Apprehension

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Had He not emerged from the tomb all our hopes, all our salvation would be lying dead with Him unto this day.…

Able

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It is never on account of its formal nature as a psychic act that faith is conceived in Scripture to be saving.…

Accounts

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If criticism has made such discoveries as to necessitate the abandonment of the doctrine of plenary inspiration, it is not enough to…

Abandon

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We can no longer speak of a bourne from which no traveler e'er returns. The middle wall of partition has been broken…

Boundaries

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The Bible is the Word of God in such a way that when the Bible speaks, God speaks.

Bible

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A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME WILL SMELL AS SWEET. BUT IT DOES NOT FOLLOW THAT WHATEVER WE CHOOSE TO CALL A…

Doe

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Before all else, Protestantism is, in its very essence, an appeal from all other authority to the divine authority of Holy Scripture

Appeals

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Sometimes we hear it said that ten minutes on your knees will give you a truer, deeper, more operative knowledge of God…

Book

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To get rid of predestination we have been willing to degrade our God into a godling.

Degrade

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There is one only and true God, but in the unity of the Godhead there are three coeternal and coequal Persons, the…

Persons

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A firm faith in the universal providence of God is the solution of all earthly troubles.

Faith

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If we compare the present state of the New Testament text with that of any other ancient writing, we must... declare it…

Ancient

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In Christ's resurrection, therefore, the Christian man sees the earnest and pledge of his own resurrection; and by it he is enheartened…

Anticipation

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We have but one Saviour; and that one Saviour is Jesus Christ our Lord. Nothing that we are and nothing that we…

Acceptance

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In the infinite wisdom of the Lord of all the earth, each event falls with exact precision into its proper place in…

Accumulation

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From the empty grave of Jesus the enemies of the cross turn away in unconcealable dismay. Those whom the force of no…

Almighty

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