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Robert Alexander Webb

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Robert Alexander Webb (21 September 1856 – 23 May 1919) was an American Presbyterian minister and theologian.

Webb was born in Oxford, Mississippi and was ordained a minister in the Presbyterian Church in the United States in 1883, serving as minister of Bethel Presbyterian Church in Clover, South Carolina.[1] He became Professor of Systematic Theology at Southwestern Presbyterian University in 1892, and Professor of Systematic Theology at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary in 1908, where he served until his death.[2]

Webb wrote many books, most notably The Reformed Doctrine of Adoption (Eerdmans, 1947).[2][3] Along with Charles Hodge and B. B. Warfield, Webb believed in universal infant salvation.[2][4]

Webb's father-in-law was John Girardeau.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Historic Bethel Church". Bethel Presbyterian Church. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  2. ^ a b c Richardson, John R. "Brief Biography of R.A. Webb (1856-1919)". Ulster Worldly. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  3. ^ Trumper, Tim R. (2001). An Historical Study of the Doctrine of Adoption in the Calvinistic Tradition (PDF). University of Edinburgh. p. 25. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  4. ^ Kuiper, R. B. (1966). The Glorious Body of Christ. Banner of Truth Trust. p. 213.
  5. ^ "John Lafayette Girardeau". The Southern Presbyterian Review. Presbyterian Church in America. Retrieved 22 June 2025.