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...College shook likewise during 1806, for the "great Eliphalet," of the old school that "would sooner cut off his hand than lift it up for an Arminian professor," was in command of a lastditch stand against the Unitarians, with the Presidency and the Chair of Divinity, Harvard's two most important single posts, at stake. After what one Fellow termed "as much intrigue ... as was ever practiced in the Vatican," Pearson's forces lost both positions, and Eliphalet resigned to help the newly founded Andover Theological combat Harvard's errors...

Author: By Samuel B. Potter, | Title: Holmes House | 1/27/1956 | See Source »

...Samuel G. Craig, resigned editor of The Presbyterian. The editorial viewpoint of Christianity Today is somewhat startling to militant Protestants because it presages cooperation with the Roman Catholic Church. As phrased by Dr. Craig it is "that of the Calvinistic rather than that of the Lutheran or Arminian Churches" but "there will be the full recognition of the fact that what they hold in common with other evangelical Christians is much more important than what they hold in distinction from them. In fact while they will be as unflinchingly opposed to Rome as were their fathers they will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Christianity Today | 5/26/1930 | See Source »

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