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title: 'The Theological Climate of the Early Nineteenth Century and the Founding of a Polemical Seminary at Princeton'
type: pdf
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authors:
- 'Allen Stanton'
date: 2010-01-01
collection: 'Confessional Presbyterian Journal'
subcollection: 'Issue 6 (2010)'
topics:
- 'American Presbyterian and Reformed History'
- 'Confessional Standards'
url: https://confessional.org/journal/issue-6/stanton-2010-the-theological-climate-of-the-early-nineteenth-century-and-the-founding-of-a-polemical-seminary-at-princeton
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# The Theological Climate of the Early Nineteenth Century and the Founding of a Polemical Seminary at Princeton

Examines Princeton Seminary’s founding, arguing polemic was central as founders defended Presbyterian confessionalism against Hopkinsianism, Unitarianism, and Episcopacy.

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