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title: 'John Williamson Nevin (1803–1886)'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
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date: 1963-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'American Presbyterian and Reformed History'
- 'Church History, Autobiography, and Biography'
- 'Ecclesiology (General)'
scriptures:
- 'John 6'
- 'Colossians 2'
- 'Ephesians 4'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/1963-john-williamson-nevin-1803-1886
---

# John Williamson Nevin (1803–1886)

Biography of John W. Nevin: a Princeton-trained theologian who moved to Mercersburg high‑church sacramentalism, opposed revivalism, and advocated temperance, abolition, and church unity.

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