The Works of Benjamin B. Warfield (10 Volume Set)

By Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield

The most complete set available of the writings of the Princeton theology professor known for his precise Calvinistic scholarship, keen logic, and spiritual insight. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801096456
• ISBN13: 9780801096457
• Release Date: February 1978
• Publisher: Baker Book House
• Length: 5120 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 7.0" x 11.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher

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THE COMPLETE WORKS OF ONE OF THE GREAT "PRINCETON THEOLOGIANS"

Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield (1851-1921) was professor of theology at Princeton Seminary from 1887 to 1921. His collected works (nearly all of which are essays that first appeared in journals such as the Princeton Theological Review, the Harvard Theological Review, the Presbyterian and Reformed Review, as well as encyclopedia articles, etc.) have been gathered here, and arranged thematically by volume. This edition is a recent reprint of the original 1932 edition, but the quality of the print, etc., is excellent. The contents of the ten volumes are as follows: Vol. I - Revelation and Inspiration (Revelation, Inspiration, Criticism, Canon, the Millennium, etc.) Vol. II - Biblical Doctrines (Predestination, the Trinity, the Person of Christ, Faith, etc.) Vol. III - Christology and Criticism (Blasphemy of the Son of Man, Jesus' Alleged Confession of Sin, "Christless Christianity," etc.) Vol. IV - Studies in Tertullian and Augustine (Tertullian & Trinity; Augustine's Confessions, Pelagian controversy, etc.) Vol. V - Calvin and Calvinism ("The Man and His Work"; "Calvin's Doctrine of the Creation," etc.) Vol. VI - The Westminster Assembly and Its Work ("The Making of the Westminster Confession," "The Westminster Doctrine of Holy Scripture," etc.) Vol. VII - Perfectionism, Part One (Albrecht Ritschl, "Miserable-Sinner Christianity," "Higher Life Movement") Vol. VIII - Perfectionism, Part Two (Noyes, Thomas Upham, the "Higher Life Movement," etc.) Vol IX - Studies in Theology ("Christian Supernaturalism," Annihilationism, "Charles Darwin's Religious Life," etc.) Vol. X - Critical Reviews (more than 50 books, including "Hastings Dictionary of the Bible"; McTaggart's "Some Dogmas of Religion"; Evelyn Underhill's "Mysticism," etc.) Here are some samples of what you will find therein: "(T)he Scriptures are a Divine product, without any indication of how God has operated in producing them." (Vol. I) "With both together before us we perceive (Jesus) alternately speaking out of a Divine and out of a human consciousness; manifesting Himself as all that God is and as all that man is; yet with the most marked unity of consciousness." (Vol. II) "Christianity was from its beginnings a literary religion, and documentary records of it have come down from the very start." (Vol. III) "Augustine came into being at the 'turn of the ages'; just as the old world was dying, and the new one was being born." (Vol. IV) "In Calvinism ... objectively speaking, theism comes to its rights; subjectively speaking, the religious relation attains its purity; soteriologically speaking, evangelical religion finds at length its full expression and its secure stability." (Vol. V) "There is certainly in the whole mass of confessional literature no more nobly conceived or ably wrought-out statement of doctrine than the chapter 'Of the Holy Scripture,' which the Westminster Divines placed at the head of their Confession." (Vol. VI) "It has not always been easy through the Protestan

Works of Benjamin B. Warfield

I am almost done with the first volume of this set, and I must say I am very pleased. Warfield was truly a gifted theologian. His writing is thorough without being dull or dry. He is able to take a complex concept and make it clear with careful reading. I am not from a reformed presbyterian background however, these old reformed theologians know their Scripture. Try to set aside your denominational traditions and read his statements with the Bible close by. Examine the Scriptures to see if what he says is true. Don't simply disregard what he says because of your denomination. You can't believe something just because a friend or pastor says it. Look into this teaching for yourself. You have nothing to lose by reading this set or by studying reformed theology. You have much to gain from this set.

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BB Warfield is a classic in the field of Theology, Christology and Criticism. This volume is great but don't be fooled this is not the "complete" works of Warfield at best it is only half. However it is a spectacular set.