The doctrines of grace humble man without degrading, and exalt without inflating him.
—Charles Hodge
Topics: Humility
In many things a comprehensive survey of a subject is the shortest way of getting at a precise knowledge of a particular division of it.
—Charles Hodge
Topics: Knowledge
So too, in forming a constitution, or in enacting rules of procedure, or making canons, the people do not merely passively assent, but actively cooperate. They have, in all these matters, the same authority as the clergy.
—Charles Hodge
Topics: Authority
The value of a maxim depends on four things; its intrinsic excellence or the comparative correctness of the principle it embodies; the subject to which it relates; the extent of its application; and the comparative ease with which it may be applied in practice.
—Charles Hodge
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