Our Authorized Bible Vindicated - Benjamin G. Wilkinson

foremost the writings of Dr. John H. Newman, with
whom he had many points of resemblance, and
read the works of the most important Roman
Catholic apologists and polemics, such as
Bellarmine, Bossuet, Mohler, Wiseman, and
Balmes, who of course represent their system of
faith in a much more favorable light than their
Protestant opponents, and know how to idealize it,
so that to a deep, earnest spirit it becomes
powerfully imposing.
“Dr. Nevin gave expression to his newly gained
ideas in the Mercersburg Review, established by
his pupils, edited by him, and read extensively
beyond the Reformed Church, more particularly in
the Episcopal. He there developed, in a series of
essays and reviews, full of life and spirit, and
always going back to fundamental principles, the
doctrine of the Person of Christ.”[3]
It was in 1844 that Dr. Schaff, still a young
man, arrived from Germany to assume his duties as
Professor of Church History and Biblical Literature
in the Theological Seminary of Mercersburg, Pa.
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