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Outlines of Moral Science

Archibald Alexander

出版	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015-06-25
主題	Religion / Christian Theology / Ethics
ISBN	15146995329781514699539
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=hWjBsgEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋

Archibald Alexander (April 17, 1772 - October 22, 1851) was an American Presbyterian theologian and professor at the Princeton Theological Seminary. He served for 9 years as the President of Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia and for 27 years as Princeton Theological Seminary's first principal from 1812 to 1840.By the time he was 21 Alexander was a preacher of the Presbyterian Church. He was appointed the president of Hampden-Sydney College, where he served from 1797 to 1806 and from there he was called to the Third Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia. The Princeton Theological Seminary was established at Princeton, New Jersey in 1812 and Alexander was appointed its first professor, inaugurated on August 12, 1812. In 1824, he helped to found the Chi Phi Society along with Robert Baird and Charles Hodge. in 1843, he returned to Washington College to deliver an alumni address, which was one of his many publications.Samuel Miller became the second professor at the seminary and for 37 years Alexander and Miller were considered together as pillars of the Presbyterian Church in maintaining its doctrines. Charles Hodge, a famous student and successor of Alexander, named his son Archibald Alexander Hodge after his mentor.