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The Canon of the New Testament

Warfield explains New Testament canon formation: apostolic writings were accepted as Scripture alongside the Old Testament from the start and the canon was completed with John’s Revelation (c. AD 98).
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The One Hundred and Fourth General Assembly

Overview of Christ’s testimony to the Old Testament and a report on the 104th General Assembly: Briggs appeal, Union Theological Seminary veto dispute, and confessional revision concerns.
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The Rights of Criticism and of the Church

Two essays on church ethics and scholarship. Rylance warns clergy about social morals, tainted patronage, and accepting ill-gotten charity. Warfield defends the right of biblical criticism but condemns misleading methods.
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Incarnate Truth

Warfield expounds John 1:14, presenting Christ as the incarnate Truth whose life embodies grace and truth. He defends Christ’s trustworthiness and the authority of Scripture.
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The Christian’s Attitude Toward Death

Warfield examines the Christian attitude toward death: longing for deliverance from the mortal body, hope in resurrection, rejection of purgatory; assurance of soul with the Lord.
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The Real Problem of Inspiration

Defense of plenary/verbal inspiration against modern Old Testament criticism. Argues biblical writers and exegesis support Scripture’s trustworthiness and inerrancy.
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Professor Henry Preserved Smith on Inspiration

Profiles George D. Herron as a rising Christian social leader. Examines Prof. Henry P. Smith’s trial and writings on Biblical inspiration, focusing on Dr. Evans’s ‘limited inspiration’ view.
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The Inspiration of the Bible

Warfield defends the church’s historic doctrine that the Bible is divinely inspired and verbally trustworthy, arguing against modern critical theories with patristic and confessional evidence.
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James McCosh and William Greenough Thayer Shedd

Discusses the origin and composition of Genesis in light of modern biblical criticism (Grafian hypothesis). Also memorializes Presbyterian theologians James McCosh and W.G.T. Shedd.
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St. Paul’s Use of the Argument from Experience

Warfield argues that Romans 5:1–11 employs the ‘argument from experience’: Christians’ peace and joy confirm justification by faith, joined to scriptural and analogical proof.
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The Improvement of Our Theological Seminaries

Warfield argues seminaries must prioritize practical training for ministry while also offering broad theological study through a core required curriculum supplemented by electives.
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The Latest Phase of Historical Rationalism

Attack on idealistic monism and modern ‘historical rationalism’ (Ritschlianism). Argues that denying dogma and Scripture’s external authority destroys distinctive Christianity.
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The Spirit of God in the Old Testament

Profiles the Zurich antistes (Zwingli, Bullinger) and analyzes the Spirit of God in the Old Testament, arguing its unity and continuity with New Testament revelation.
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The Archaeology of the Mode of Baptism

Survey of historical modes of baptism (trine immersion, single immersion, affusion) across Eastern and Western churches. Traces liturgical variants, antiquity, and theological rationale.
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The Constitution of the Seminary Curriculum

Argues Presbyterian seminaries are practical, denomination-specific training schools. They should maintain a required curriculum to prepare competent ministers rather than broad electives.
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The Idea of Systematic Theology

Surveys hindrances to foreign missions and argues that systematic theology is a science, presupposing God’s revelation, human religious capacity, and means of communication.
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The Jubilee of Prof. William Henry Green

Argues philosophical systems shape theology and examines effects of positivism and agnosticism. Also commemorates Prof. William H. Green’s half-century of Old Testament scholarship.
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