Best Charles Hodge Quotes
- All that Christ did and suffered would have been necessary had only one human soul been the object of redemption; and nothing different and nothing… Adam
- This whole process of education is to be religious, and not only religious, but Christian. And as Christianity is the only true religion, and God… Admonition
- In opposition... to all the suggestions of the devil, the sole, simple, and sufficient answer is the word of God. This puts to flight all… All
- When the great promise of the Spirit was fulfilled on the day of Pentecost, it was fulfilled not in reference to the apostles only. Apostles
- It is only when men associate with the wicked with the desire and purpose of doing them good, that they can rely upon the protection… Associate
- The Popish theory, which assumes that Christ, the Apostles and believers, constituted the Church while our Saviour was on earth, and this organization was designed… Apostles
- A Christian is one who recognizes Jesus as the Christ, the Son of the living God, as God manifested in the flesh, loving us and… Affected
- Original sin is the only rational solution of the undeniable fact of the deep, universal and early manifested sinfulness of men in all ages, of… Age
- Every man, therefore, who expects justification by works, must see to it, not that he is better than other men, or that he is very… All
- The ultimate ground of faith and knowledge is confidence in God. Confidence
- No more soul-destroying doctrine could well be devised than the doctrine that sinners can regenerate themselves, and repent and believe just when they please. Believe
- The gospel is so simple that small children can understand it, and it is so profound that studies by the wisest theologians will never exhaust… Children
- If Christ has risen the Bible is true from Genesis to Revelation. The kingdom of darkness has been overthrown. Satan has fallen like lightning from… Been
- But to be the Vicar of Christ, to claim to exercise his prerogatives on earth, does involve a claim to his attributes, and therefore our… Attributes
- When we are weak, then are we strong. When most empty of self, we are most full of God. Empty
- The sin of Adam did not make the condemnation of all men merely possible; it was the ground of their actual condemnation. So the righteousness… Actual
- There is a great difference between the irreconcilable and the self-contradict ory. Contradict
- All Church power arises from the indwelling of the Spirit; therefore those in whom the Spirit dwells are the seat of Church power. But the… All
- All Church power is, therefore, properly ministerial and administrative. Everything is to be done in the name of Christ, and in accordance with his directions. Accordance
- As the Church is the aggregate of believers, there is an intimate analogy between the experience of the individual believer, and of the Church as… Aggregate
- If the Church is a living body united to the same head, governed by the same laws, and pervaded by the same Spirit, it is… All
- Romanists tell us that the Pope is the vicar of Christ; that he is his successor as the universal head and ruler of the Church… Christ
- That the apostolic office is temporary, is a plain historical fact. Apostolic
- The Church, during the apostolic age, did not consist of isolated, independent congregations, but was one body, of which the separate churches were constituent members,… Age
- The Church, however, is a self-governing society, distinct from the State, having its officers and laws, and, therefore, an administrative government of its own. Administrative