B. B. Warfield (1851–1921) is a prolific writer, accomplished scholar, and ranks as one of America's greatest theologians. After studying mathematics and science at Princeton University, he enrolled at Princeton Theological Seminary in 1873, where he was taught by Charles Hodge, in order to train for ministry as a Presbyterian minister. He later returned to America and taught at Western Theological Seminary (now Pittsburgh Theological Seminary).
In 1881, Warfield, or Benjamin B. Warfield, co-wrote an article with A. A. Hodge on the inspiration of Scripture—a subject which dominated his scholarly pursuits throughout the remainder of his lifetime. When A. A. Hodge died in 1887, Warfield became professor of Theology at Princeton, where he taught from 1887–1921.
History remembers Warfield as one of the last great Princeton Theologians prior to the seminary’s re-organization and the split in the Presbyterian Church.
Warfield is known as one of Reformed theology's most ardent defenders. The foundation to Warfield's theology was his adherence to Calvinism as supported by the Westminster Confession of Faith and much of his writings are centered on this.
The B. B. Warfield Collection (20 vols.) includes books, articles, and lectures from Warfield like An Introduction to the Textual Criticism of the New Testament and Studies in Tertullian and Augustine. Warfield also contributed to Calvin and the Reformation: Four Studies and the A. A. Hodge Collection (11 vols.).
