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title: 'The Charge: Requisites to the Successful Cultivation of Christian Theology'
type: pdf
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authors:
- 'Elisha Pope Swift'
date: 1854-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Theological Method'
- 'Pastoral Theology'
- 'Revelation (General and Special Revelation)'
scriptures:
- 'John 1'
- 'Matthew 28'
- 'Romans 1'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/swift-1854-the-charge-requisites-to-the-successful-cultivation-of-christian-theology
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# The Charge: Requisites to the Successful Cultivation of Christian Theology

Inaugural charge and address for W.S. Plumer as Professor of Didactic and Pastoral Theology advocating Bible-centered, confessional, scholarly, and Spirit-dependent theological training.

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