The Duty of Catechetical Instruction

by Archibald Alexander

Publisher:

Presbyterian Tract and Sunday School Society

, 1836

Overview

The Duty of Catechetical Instruction serves as a guide for instructing and training young people within the church. In it, Archibald Alexander defends the importance of teaching right doctrine, and helps teachers learn how to make the truths of Christianity sensible. His advice on catechism is firmly rooted in the Scriptural mandate that each generation transmit the faith “to your children’s children.”

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Key Features

• Guide for instructing and training young people within the church
• Acknowledgment of the importance of teaching right doctrine

Product Details

• Title: The Duty of Catechetical Instruction
• Author: Archibald Alexander
• Publisher: Presbyterian Board of Publication
• Publication Date: 1836
• Pages: 12

About Archibald Alexander

Archibald Alexander (1772–1851) an American educator and theologian, he was President of Hampton-Sydney College (Virginia) from 1797 to 1806. In 1807 he became pastor of Pine Street Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia. He received the Doctor of Divinity in 1810 from the College of New Jersey. He is most noted as founder and first principal of Princeton Seminary serving there from 1812 to 1840. As principal and professor of theology, he is considered the first of the great “Princeton theologians.” He continued as professor at Princeton until his death in 1851. He was buried in Princeton Cemetery.