Augustus Hopkins Strong

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Augustus Hopkins Strong
AHStrong.png
Augustus Hopkins Strong.
Born3 August 1836
Rochester, New York
Died29 November 1921
Pasadena, California
Alma materYale College
OccupationSeminary president

Augustus Hopkins Strong (3 August 1836 – 29 November 1921) was a Baptist minister and theologian who lived in the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His most influential book, Systematic Theology, proved to be a mainstay of Reformed Baptist theological education for several generations.

Biography[]

He was born on August 3, 1836, in Rochester, New York. His father was Alvah Strong, printer of such early Rochester newspapers as the Anti-Masonic Enquirer, the Morning Advertiser, and the Weekly Republican before becoming the longtime proprietor of The Daily Democrat.[1] His grandfather was a "physician of considerable eminence"[2] from Warren, Connecticut, who moved to Scipio, New York, in 1799 and Rochester in 1821. Both his eldest uncle and father were deacons in the First Baptist Church of Rochester and helped found the Rochester Theological Seminary, over which he later presided. His youngest uncle became a 49er after losing both his wife and infant son.[3] His younger brother, Henry A. Strong, was a wildly successful businessman and philanthropist who served as Eastman Kodak's first president.

He graduated from Yale College in 1857, having had a religious conversion during his time in college. He began his theological studies at Rochester Theological Seminary and was awarded his D.D. in Germany. In August 1861 he was ordained pastor of First Baptist Church of Haverhill, Massachusetts. After his short pastorate in Haverhill, he went on in 1865 to become the pastor of First Church, Cleveland, OH, and from there to become president of Rochester Theological Seminary,[4] during which time he wrote his Systematic Theology.

His eldest son was the American psychologist and philosopher, Charles A. Strong. Diplomat Theodore C. Achilles was a first cousin, twice removed. A niece married George R. Carter and a second cousin, twice removed married Margaret Woodbury Strong.

Theology[]

Strong held a form of inclusivism, that is, he believed that some people from non-Christian religions actually believe in the one true God, the God revealed in the Bible. Thus their faith in God to the limits of their knowledge and their rejection of the religion around them constitute "an implicit faith in Christ."[5]

Selected works[]

  • Strong, Augustus H. (1907) [1886]. Systematic Theology: The Doctrine of God. 1. American Baptist Pub. Society. OCLC 57126453.
  • Strong, Augustus H. (1907) [1886]. Systematic Theology: The Doctrine of Man. 2. American Baptist Pub. Society.
  • Strong, Augustus H. (1909) [1886]. Systematic Theology: The Doctrine of Salvation. 3. American Baptist Pub. Society.
  • Strong, Augustus H. (1888), Philosophy and Religion: a Series of Addresses, Essays and Sermons Designed to Set Forth Great Truths, New York: Armstrong, OCLC 1965895
  • Strong, Augustus H. (1899), Christ in Creation and Ethical Monism, Philadelphia: The Roger Williams press, OCLC 3313848
  • Strong, Augustus H. (1912), Miscellanies, Philadelphia: Griffith and Rowland, OCLC 759154
  • Strong, Augustus H. (1914), Popular Lectures on the Books of the New Testament, Philadelphia: Griffith and Rowland, OCLC 3602324
  • Strong, Augustus H. (1916), American poets and their theology, Philadelphia: Griffith and Rowland, ISBN 9780790596891, OCLC 448204
  • Strong, Augustus H. (1918), A tour of the missions; observations and conclusions, Philadelphia: Griffith and Rowland Press, OCLC 2879076
  • Strong, Augustus H. (1922), What Shall I Believe?: a Primer of Christian Theology, New York: F.H. Revell, OCLC 8393474
  • Strong, Augustus H. (1922). Henry A. Ward: Reminiscence and Appreciation. Rochester Historical Society.

References[]

  1. ^ "Henry A. Strong, Long Business Associate of George Eastman, Dead in His Eighty-first Year", Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, New York, p. 38, 1919-07-27, ISSN 1088-5153
  2. ^ "DEATH OF ALVAH STRONG", Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, New York, p. 7, 1885-04-21, ISSN 1088-5153
  3. ^ Dwight, Benjamin W. (1871), The history of the descendants of Elder John Strong, of Northampton, Massachusetts, 2, Albany, New York: Joel Munsell, p. 913, OCLC 2033052, retrieved 2009-10-04
  4. ^ "Dr. Augustus H. Strong Buried", The New York Times, p. 19, 1921-12-06, ISSN 0362-4331, retrieved 2009-10-05
  5. ^ Strong, Anthony H. (1907) [1886]. Systematic Theology. Old Tappan, NJ: Revell. pp. 842–843. OCLC 878559610.

External links[]

Academic offices
Preceded by
Ezekiel G. Robinson 		President of the Rochester Theological Seminary
1872–1912 		Succeeded by
Joseph W. A. Stewart (acting)
Retrieved from ""