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Mercersburg Theology
Mercersburg Theology. An American school of thought, which opposed both the emotionalism and the rationalism of the mid-19th cent. by emphasizing the importance of doctrine. While it upheld the teaching of the Reformers, it saw this in relation to patristic and subsequent thought. The name derives from the town of Mercersburg in Pennsylvania, in which Marshall College and the Theological Seminary of the German Reformed Church were situated. The movement came into prominence with the publication of J. W. Nevin's The Anxious Bench (1843), which attacked current methods of revivalist preaching.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Mercersburg Theology." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Mercersburg Theology." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-MercersburgTheology.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Mercersburg Theology." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-MercersburgTheology.html |
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Mercersburg theology
Mercersburg theology. Movement in American theology in the 19th cent. Its principal figures were John W. Nevin (1803–86) and Philip Schaff (1819–93), colleagues at the German Reformed seminary in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, from 1844 to 1851. Opposing what Nevin called ‘Puritanic’ in American Protestantism, the movement decried revivalism, accorded Christian tradition an importance complementary to that of scripture, affirmed the Church as an article of faith, asserted a Calvinist sacramental view of the eucharist, and championed liturgical worship.
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JOHN BOWKER. "Mercersburg theology." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN BOWKER. "Mercersburg theology." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-Mercersburgtheology.html JOHN BOWKER. "Mercersburg theology." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-Mercersburgtheology.html |
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