Charles Hodge Quotes

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• As we fell in Adam, we are saved in Christ. To deny the principle in the one case, is to deny it in the other;…
• In every system of theology, therefore, there is a chapter De libero arbitrio. This is a question which every theologian finds in his path, and…
• He [man] knows that when he is not what he ought to be; when he does what he ought not to do; or omits what…
• If, unable to solve the mysteries of Providence, we plunge into Atheism, we only increase a thousand fold the darkness by which we are surrounded
• Foolish talking and jesting are not the ways in which Christian cheerfulness should express itself, but rather "giving of thanks" (Eph. 5:4). Religion is the…
• To be in Christ is the source of the Christian life; to be like Christ is the sum of his excellence; to be with Christ…
• There is no form of conviction more intimate and irresistible than that which arises from the inward teaching of the Spirit.
• Our duty, privilege, and security are in believing, not in knowing; in trusting God, and not our own understanding. They are to be pitied who…
• Faith is not a blind, irrational conviction. In order to believe, we must know what we believe, and the grounds on which our faith rests.
• The Independent or Congregational theory includes two principles; first, that the governing and executive power in the Church is in the brotherhood; and secondly, that…
• It is a thoroughly anti-Christian doctrine that the Spirit of God, and therefore the life and governing power of the Church, resides in the ministry,…
• The Galatians are severely censured for giving heed to false doctrines, and are called to pronounce even an apostle anathema, if he preached another gospel.
• All the reasons which require the subjection of a believer to the brethren of a particular church require his subjection to all his brethren in…
• Christian humility does not consist in denying what there is of good in us; but in an abiding sense of ill-desert, and in the consciousness…
• All moral obligation resolves itself into the obligation of conformity to the will of God.
• The Church is everywhere represented as one. It is one body, one family, one fold, one kingdom. It is one because pervaded by one Spirit.…
• The doctrines of grace humble man without degrading him and exalt him without inflating him.
• If all Church power vests in the clergy, then the people are practically bound to passive obedience in all matters of faith and practice; for…
• Christ has not only ordained that there shall be such officers in his Church - he has not only specified their duties and prerogatives -…
• So too, in forming a constitution, or in enacting rules of procedure, or making canons, the people do not merely passively assent, but actively cooperate.…

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