William Greenough Thayer Shedd

(1820–1894) Theologian

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William Greenough Thayer Shedd was a theologian, best known for Dogmatic Theology, Volume III, Supplement.

Quick Facts About William Greenough Thayer Shedd

Born: June 21, 1820
Died: November 17, 1894
Profession: Theologian
Notable works: Dogmatic Theology, Volume III, Supplement

About William Greenough Thayer Shedd

William Greenough Thayer Shedd was an American Presbyterian theologian from Massachusetts. He also served as a professor of theology at Union Theological Seminary in New York for over sixteen years.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by William Greenough Thayer Shedd

Total depravity means the entire absence of holiness, not the highest intensity of sin. A totally depraved man is not as bad…

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Absence

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A man's ideal, like his horizon, is constantly receding from him as he advances toward it.

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Horizon

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Clear statement is argument.

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Argument

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Say what men may, it is doctrine that moves the world. He who takes no position will not sway the human intellect.

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Doctrine

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They say that travelling broadens your mind, but first you must have a mind.

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Firsts

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That some unevangelized men are saved, in the present life, by an extraordinary exercise of redeeming grace in Christ, has been the…

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Belief

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There is just now a great clamor and demand for "culture;" but it is not so much culture that is needed as…

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Clamor

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The piecemeal criticism which, like the fly, scans only the edge of a plinth in the great edifice upon which it crawls,…

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Comprehending

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Frogs are smart - they eat what bugs them.

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Bugs

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