| Short Name: | Albert Barnes |
| Full Name: | Barnes, Albert, 1798-1870 |
| Birth Year: | 1798 |
| Death Year: | 1870 |
Albert Barnes was born in Rome, NY, December 1, 1798. He attended preparatory school at Fairfield Academy and college at Hamilton College, then later attended Princeton Theological Seminary. He was a Prebyterian minister at First Presbyterian Church, Morristown, NJ from 1825-1830, and then at First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia from 1830-1867. He is mostly known for his commentaries Notes on the New Testament. He twice had heresy charges brought against him by the Presbytery of Philadlephia, but was acquitted both times. This was mainly because he broke with the Calvinists in teaching than man had free will to accept or reject the Gospel. When the Presbyterian Church split into Old School and New School, Barnes became a leader in the New School and in 1851 was named Moderation of the General Assembly for the New School, yet he worked to reunite the two branches, which happened in 1870. Barnes was a strong abolitionist and temperance advocate. He died in 1870.
Dianne Shapiro
Hymnals by Albert Barnes (1) | As | Publication Year |
|---|---|---|
| Prayers for the Use of Families with a Selection of Hymns | A. Barnes (Editor) | 1833 |
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