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The Confessional Presbyterian Archive is a curated digital library dedicated to preserving and promoting the writings of 17th–20th century Presbyterian pastors, teachers, and leaders. Featuring thousands of searchable texts, biographies, and historical resources, the archive provides direct access to the primary-source materials of American Presbyterianism.

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The Terminology of Love in the New Testament

B.B. Warfield ⬩ 1918

Study of New Testament Greek terminology for “love,” tracing its development between classical, Septuagint/Apostolic Fathers, and modern Greek, and distinguishing nuances of synonyms.

“The Victorious Life”

B.B. Warfield ⬩ 1918

Review critiques the "Victorious Life" (Wesleyan/Keswick) teaching of instantaneous entire sanctification, arguing justification and sanctification are inseparable (cf. Romans 6).

“Die Heiligungsbewegung”

B.B. Warfield ⬩ 1919

Paul on Women Speaking in Church

B.B. Warfield ⬩ 1919

Defends Paul’s teaching that women must be silent in public worship and not teach or rule, grounded in creation and apostolic authority. Ends with a brief devotional on Christ as life.

Praying for the Erring

B.B. Warfield ⬩ 1919

Warfield expounds 1 John 5:16–17, urging Christians to intercede for sinning brethren and probing the meaning and limits of ‘sinning unto death’ in prayer.

The “Higher Life” Movement

B.B. Warfield ⬩ 1918

Survey of the Protestant "Higher Life" (perfectionism) movement: Wesleyan sanctification, W.E. Boardman and Keswick influences, its American spread, methods and controversies.

Albrecht Ritschl and His Doctrine of Christian Perfection

B.B. Warfield ⬩ 1919

Critical study of Albrecht Ritschl’s doctrine of Christian perfection: he denies original sin, stresses libertarian self-determination, and exhibits Pelagian tendencies.

Capitalizing ‘Lord’ in the English New Testament

B.B. Warfield ⬩ 1920

Excerpts from The Expository Times (Jan 1920): essays on the life to come and Lazarus, Sumerian parallels to Eden, and a debate over capitalizing ‘Lord’ in the New Testament.

“Miserable-Sinner Christianity” in the Hands of the Rationalists

B.B. Warfield ⬩ 1920

Survey of the ‘miserable-sinner’ Protestant piety (Augustine, Luther, Calvin), emphasizing continual sinfulness, lifelong penitence, and justification by Christ’s grace in catechisms and liturgy.

Calvinism

B.B. Warfield ⬩ 1921

Dictionary entries covering ecclesiastical terms and figures—Calixtus, Calvary, Calvin, Calvinism and Calvinistic Methodists—explaining vocation, doctrine and church history.

Jesus Christ the Propitiation for the Whole World

B.B. Warfield ⬩ 1921

Exegesis of 1 John 2:2 exploring John’s claim that Christ is ‘propitiation for the whole world’, assessing readings that imply universal atonement and its theological implications.

Presbyterianism

B.B. Warfield ⬩ 1921

Defines ‘presbyter’ and ‘Presbyterianism’: elder-led polity (session, presbytery, synod, General Assembly), its historical development (Calvin, Westminster) and U.S. statistics.

The Mystical Perfectionism of Thomas Cogswell Upham

B.B. Warfield ⬩ 1921

Study of Thomas C. Upham’s mystical perfectionism, tracing Quietist and Quaker influences and his shaping of evangelical sanctification in 19th‑century America.

The Posture of the Recipients at the Lord’s Supper

B.B. Warfield ⬩ 1922

Study of practices and controversies over recipients’ posture at the Lord’s Supper—standing, sitting, kneeling—among Reformed, Anglican, and Lutheran churches from the Reformation onward.

Biographical Sketch of Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield

Ethelbert Dudley Warfield ⬩ 1927

Preface and biographical sketch of Benjamin B. Warfield, Princeton theologian (1851–1921), outlining his life, academic career, publications, and editorial work on revelation and inspiration.

The Works of Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield, Vol. 1

B.B. Warfield ⬩ 1927

The Works of Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield, Vol. 2

B.B. Warfield ⬩ 1929

Warfield’s Biblical Doctrines (1929) — chapter on predestination examining terminology, Hebrew/Greek usage, and its grounding in Old and New Testament thought.

The Person and Work of Christ

B.B. Warfield, Samuel Garfield Craig ⬩ 1950

Biblical and Theological Studies

B.B. Warfield, Samuel Garfield Craig ⬩ 1952

Collection of Benjamin B. Warfield essays on biblical theology: Trinity, Christology, predestination, faith, and supernaturalism, with a biographical foreword and sermons.

The Inspiration and Authority of the Bible (1948)

B.B. Warfield, Samuel Garfield Craig, Cornelius Van Til ⬩ 1970

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Archives

The Terminology of Love in the New Testament

“The Victorious Life”

“Die Heiligungsbewegung”

Paul on Women Speaking in Church

Praying for the Erring

The “Higher Life” Movement

Albrecht Ritschl and His Doctrine of Christian Perfection

Capitalizing ‘Lord’ in the English New Testament

“Miserable-Sinner Christianity” in the Hands of the Rationalists

Calvinism

Jesus Christ the Propitiation for the Whole World

Presbyterianism

The Mystical Perfectionism of Thomas Cogswell Upham

The Posture of the Recipients at the Lord’s Supper

Biographical Sketch of Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield

The Works of Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield, Vol. 1

The Works of Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield, Vol. 2

The Person and Work of Christ

Biblical and Theological Studies

The Inspiration and Authority of the Bible (1948)

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