Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotes by Archibald Alexander Hodge (American Presbyterian Theologian)

Archibald Alexander Hodge (1823–86) was an American Presbyterian theologian and educator known for his contributions to systematic theology and leadership at Princeton Theological Seminary. A leading figure in Reformed theology, he advocated biblical inerrancy and doctrinal orthodoxy.

Born in Princeton, New Jersey, he was the son of theologian Charles Hodge and named after his father’s mentor, Archibald Alexander. He graduated from Princeton College (1841) and later studied at Princeton Theological Seminary, completing his theological training in 1847.

Hodge served as a missionary in India (1847–50) before returning to the U.S. for pastoral roles in Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. In 1864, he became professor of systematic theology at Western Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh. In 1877, he joined Princeton Theological Seminary, succeeding his father as chair of systematic theology in 1878 and later becoming principal.

His influential works include Outlines of Theology (1860,) a widely used textbook, and The Atonement (1867,) which examined salvation doctrine. He co-authored Inspiration (1880) with B. B. Warfield, a foundational biblical theology text. His biography of his father, The Life of Charles Hodge (1881,) remains a key historical account.

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It is easier to find a score of men wise enough to discover the truth than to find one intrepid enough, in the face of opposition, to stand up for it.
—Archibald Alexander Hodge
Topics: Wisdom, Truth, Integrity

We must conform, to a certain extent, to the conventionalities of society, for they are the ripened results of a varied and long experience.
—Archibald Alexander Hodge

No one truth is rightly held till it is clearly conceived and stated, and no single truth is adequately comprehended till it is viewed in harmonious relations to all the other truths of the system of which Christ is the centre.
—Archibald Alexander Hodge
Topics: Truth

Faith must have adequate evidence, else it is mere superstition.
—Archibald Alexander Hodge
Topics: Faith

He is wise who knows the sources of knowledge—who knows who has written and where it is to be found.
—Archibald Alexander Hodge
Topics: Wisdom, Knowledge, Education

Calvinism is a term used to designate, not the opinions of an individual, but a mode of religious thought, or a system of religious doctrine, of which the person whose name it bears was an eminent expounder.
—Archibald Alexander Hodge

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