The Mercersburg Theology and the Quest for Reformed Catholicity

by W. Bradford Littlejohn

Book Overview

In the mid nineteenth century, Reformed churchmen John Nevin and Philip Schaff launched a fierce attack on the reigning subjectivist and rationalist Protestantism of their day, giving birth to what is known as the "Mercersburg Theology." Their attempt to recover a high doctrine of the sacraments and the visible Church, among other things, led them into bitter controversy with Charles Hodge of Princeton Seminary, as well as several other prominent...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1606082418
• ISBN13: 9781606082416
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Pickwick Publications
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.8"