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Warfield

Confessional Theology
Defending the Faith; Denying the Image
19th Century American Confessional Calvinism in Faithfulness and Failure

by J. Ligon Duncan III May 16, 2018

Summary: How 19th century Presbyterians simultaneously faithfully defended historic Christian orthodoxy against Enlightenment rationalistic anti-supernaturalism, and accommodated (indeed undergirded) America’s original sin: race-based chattel slavery (and later segregation). The…
Confessional Family
An Indelible Mark
Is the Shorter Catechism Worthwhile?

by Confex Makhalira February 28, 2018

In his essay, “Is the Shorter Catechism Worthwhile,” Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield argues for the importance of the Westminster Shorter Catechism by stating that the catechism always leaves an indelible…