Archibald Alexander (1772-1851)

Archibald Alexander

Archibald Alexander (April 17, 1772 – October 22, 1851) was an American Presbyterian theologian and professor at the Princeton Theological Seminary. He served for 27 years as that institution's first principal from 1812 to 1840.


Theology

@ All my theology is reduced to this narrow compass — "Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners."
As quoted in Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 580.


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