Ruling elders are declared to be the representatives of the people.
Charles Hodge Quotes
Our second remark is, that the office is of divine appointment, not merely in the sense in which the civil powers are ordained of God, but in the sense that ministers derive their authority from Christ, and not from the people.
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| Birth: | 27th December, 1797 |
| Death: | 19th June, 1878 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Principal, Theologian |
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Charles Hodge was an important Presbyterian theologian and principal of Princeton Theological Seminary between 1851 and 1878. He was a leading exponent of the Princeton theology, an orthodox Calvinist theological tradition in America during the 19th century. He argued strongly for the authority of the Bible as the Word of God. Many of his ideas were adopted in the 20th century by Fundamentalists and Evangelicals.
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