This monumental work, now a standard for theological students, was written while Hodge served as a professor at Princeton (1851-1878), where he permanently influenced American Christianity as a teacher, preacher, and exegete. Hodge must be classed among the great defenders of the faith, and possessed an extremely rare talent for clearly expressing complex subjects in easily understood writings.

But he earned a higher title to fame in that he was the champion of his Church's faith during a long and active life and her trusted leader in time of trial during the Civil War.

Includes a comprehensive index.