Two Studies in the History of Doctrine
Warfield surveys Augustine’s fight with Pelagianism and the church’s shaping of doctrines on original sin, divine grace, and the question of infants’ salvation.
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Two Studies in the History of Doctrine
God
Excerpt from John D. Davis’s Dictionary of the Bible (1898) containing entries on ‘goad’ and ‘goat’ and a substantial theological article on God, attributes, and the Trinity.
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Inspiration
1898 biblical dictionary entries (Dictionary of the Bible) covering terms like "incense", "inn", and "inspiration" with historical, ritual, and theological notes.
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James
Entry on James—several NT figures, especially James the Lord’s brother and head of the Jerusalem church. Summarizes the Epistle of James: date, Jewish‑Diaspora audience, and themes (trials, faith and works, patience, prayer).
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Peter
Dictionary entries on ‘pestilence’ and the apostle Peter: his life, leadership in Acts, and the authorship, date, and themes of 1–2 Peter.
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The Significance of the Westminster Standards as a Creed
Warfield’s 1897 address argues the Westminster Standards crystallize the Reformed gospel—born of the Reformation and Puritan conflict—preserving evangelical doctrine in precise confessional form.
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“It Says:” “Scripture Says:” “God Says”
Scholarly study of New Testament citation formulas, arguing NT writers habitually identify ‘Scripture’ with God’s own speech and analyzing grammatical and textual variants.
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Some Perils of Missionary Life
An address warning missionaries of perils: cultural assimilation, ethical compromise, and loss of doctrinal faith from inadequate theological training and exposure to criticism. Examples: Colenso, Newman.
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How the Gospel Was Preached to the Thessalonians
An editorial study of 1 Thessalonians arguing Paul preached a gospel of deliverance from sin—ethical, eschatological, and heterosoteric—emphasizing Christ’s saving work.
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How to Get Rid of Christianity
Critique of efforts to excise Christianity’s historical and supernatural elements, tracing this dehistoricizing from Pelagius and Deists through Strauss to scholars like Bacon.
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Is It Restatement That We Need?
Discusses the salvation of the rich—urging prayer and outreach despite wealth’s spiritual dangers—and defends retaining a clear Calvinistic confession against creed revision.
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Is the Bible the Word of God? The Acts
Notices on subscriptions, missions, and college life. B. B. Warfield defends Luke-Acts as apostolic Scripture, affirming Acts’ historicity and divine authority.
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Paul’s Great Thanksgiving
Analyzes Paul’s ‘great thanksgiving’ in ephesians 1, highlighting its Trinitarian structure and the salvation in Christ as God’s gift. Also rebuts the idea of preferring Paul over Christ.
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Present-Day Depreciation of Christ’s Resurrection
Examines modern naturalistic critiques of Christ’s resurrection (Stapfer, Schwartzkopff) and presents vigorous apologetic defenses affirming the historicity and centrality of the resurrection.
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Prof. Cornill and Dr. Green
Debates Scripture’s trustworthiness—OT criticism and the unity of Isaiah defended by W.H. Green—alongside studies of John 6 (‘Bread of Life’) and Gospel authorship.
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The Century’s Progress in Biblical Knowledge
Warfield surveys 19th-century advances in biblical scholarship—textual criticism, languages, and archaeology—and critiques rationalist assaults while defending Christian scholarship.
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The Principle of the Incarnation
Affirms the Incarnation as primarily soteriological: Christ came to save sinners, opposing ontological or necessaryist accounts and grounding the view in Scripture and tradition.
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