[Miraculous gifts] were not for the possession of the primitive Christian as such; nor for that matter of the Apostolic Church or the Apostolic age for themselves; they were distinctively the authentication of the Apostles. They were part of the credentials of the apostles as the authoritative agents of God in founding the church. Their function thus confirmed them to distinctively the Apostolic Church, and they necessarily passed away with it.

— Benjamin B. Warfield (1851–1921), Theologe

Topics: The Bible & the Word of God, Church & Congregation

Benjamin B. Warfield

Benjamin B. Warfield war ein US-amerikanischer presbyterianischer Theologe und lehrte von 1887 bis 1921 am Princeton Theological Seminary. Er gilt als einflussreichster Systematiker der sogenannten Princeton-Theologie und prägte maßgeblich die reformierte Lehre von der Verbalinspiration und Irrtumslosigkeit der Bibel sowie den Cessationismus. Für Bibelleser bietet sein Werk eine historisch wirkmächtige dogmatische Begründung für die Zuverlässigkeit des Bibeltextes, steht jedoch wegen seines als rationalistisch kritisierten Zugangs auch in der theologischen Diskussion.

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