to this institution and acquaintances of yours are directed to you as the fittest person in the compass of their knowledge for Professor of Divinity.”2 When the General Assembly decided to found Princeton Seminary as a central institution for the whole Church, the option to found local seminaries was also granted to Synods and Presbyteries. “The Presbyteries of Virginia determined in favour of synodical seminaries; and in 1812, the Synod unanimously resolved on establishing a Theological Seminary,
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