Thomas Chalmers

Thomas Chalmers (17 March 1780 – 31 May 1847), was a Scottish minister, professor of theology, political economist, and a leader of the Free Church of Scotland. He has been called "Scotland's greatest nineteenth-century churchman".

Read more about Thomas Chalmers:  Early Life, Lecturer and Minister, Parochial Work, Moral Philosopher and Theologian, Non-intrusionism and The Free Church, Death, Works, Family

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    A striking feature of moral and political argument in the modern world is the extent to which it is innovators, radicals, and revolutionaries who revive old doctrines, while their conservative and reactionary opponents are the inventors of new ones.
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