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PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)

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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 826 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PARK, See also:EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900) , See also:American Congregational theologian, was See also:born in See also:Providence, Rhode See also:Island, on the 29th of .See also:December r8o8, the son of See also:Calvin Park (1774–1847), a Congregational See also:minister, See also:professor from 1804 to 1825 at See also:Brown University, and pastor at See also:Stoughton, See also:Massachusetts, in 1826–184o. The son graduated at Brown University in 1826, was a teacher at See also:Braintree for two years, and in 1831 graduated from See also:Andover theological See also:seminary. He was co-pastor (with R. S. See also:Storrs) of the orthodox Congregational See also:church of Braintree in 1831–1833; professor of See also:mental and moral See also:philosophy at See also:Amherst in 1835; and See also:Bartlett professor of sacred See also:rhetoric (1836-1847), and See also:Abbot professor of See also:Christian See also:theology (1847–1881) at Andover. He died at Andover on the 4th of See also:June 1900. An ardent admirer of See also:Jonathan Edwards, whose See also:great-See also:grand-daughter he married, Park was one of the most notable American theologians and orators. He was the most prominent See also:leader of the " new school " of " New See also:England Theology." He See also:left his theological impress on the Bibliotheca sacra, which he and See also:Bela B. Edwards took over in 1844 from See also:Edward See also:Robinson, who had founded it in 1843, and of which Park was assistant editor until 1851 and editor-in-See also:chief from 1851 to 1884. As a See also:general statement of the position of orthodox See also:Congregationalism he See also:drew up and annotated the " See also:Associate Creed of Andover Theological Seminary " (1883), and the anonymously published " See also:Worcester Creed " of 1884 was his popularized and simplified statement. He edited in r86o The See also:Atonement, a collection of essays by various hands, prefaced by his study of the " Rise of the Edwardean Theory of the Atonement." Dr Park's See also:sermon, " The Theology of the See also:Intellect and that of the Feelings," delivered in 185o before the See also:convention of the Congregational ministers of Massachusetts, and published in the Bibliotheca sacra of See also:July 185o, was the cause of a See also:long and See also:bitter controversy, metaphysical rather than doctrinal, with See also:Charles See also:Hodge. Some of Park's sermons were published in 1885, under the See also:title Discourses on Some Theological Doctrines as Related to the Religious See also:Character.

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Austin See also:Phelps and See also:Lowell See also:Mason he prepared The See also:Sabbath Hymn See also:Book (1858). See Professor Park and His Pupils (See also:Boston, 1899), a memorial of his 90th birthday, with articles by R. S. Storrs, G. R. W. See also:Scott, See also:Joseph See also:Cook, G. See also:Frederick See also:Wright and others.

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