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By W. Andrew Hoffecker

Charles Hodge (1797-1878) is regarded by many as the most significant American theologian of the nineteenth century. He drove forward the rapid growth of theological education and contributed to Presbyterianism's wide-ranging influence in public life. His advocacy of a Reformed orthodoxy combined with evangelical piety attracted a broad following within Old School Presbyterianism that spilled over into American evangelicalism as a whole. Hodge helped to define a distinctive ministerial model-the pastor-scholar-and his fingerprints can be seen all over the Reformed Christian scene of today.
W. Andrew Hoffecker (M.Div., Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary; Ph.D. Brown University) currently serves as Professor of Church History at Reformed Theological Seminary