Thomas Chalmers
Thomas Chalmers, was a Scottish Presbyterian minister, professor of theology, political economist, and a leader of both the Church of Scotland and of the Free Church of Scotland. He has been called "Scotland's greatest nineteenth-century churchman".
Background
- Born in
- Anstruther
- Educated at
- University of EdinburghUniversity of St Andrews
- Awards
- 🏆 Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Trending & Selected Quotes
Trending topics shown first"With the magnificence of eternity before us, let time, with all its fluctuations, dwindle into its own littleness."
"To be benevolent in speculation, is often to be selfish in action and in reality. The vanity and the indolence of man delude him into a thousand inconsistencies. He professes to love the name and the …"
"I feel my disease, and I feel that my want of alarm and lively affecting conviction forms its most obstinate ingredient; I try to stir up the emotion, and feel myself harassed and distressed at the im…"
"Christ came to give us a justifying righteousness, and He also came to make us holy — not chiefly for the purpose of evidencing here our possession of a justifying righteousness — but for the purpose …"
"This character wherewith we sink into the grave at death is the very character wherewith we shall reappear at the resurrection."
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Timeline
1780
Born
Birth1847
Died
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