- Basil Manly
Basil Manly, Jr. (1825-1892) was a southern Baptist teacher and preacher. He was born
December 19 ,1825 , inSouth Carolina , and his family moved toTuscaloosa, Alabama , when he was twelve years old. There he was baptized at age 14 after reading a biography ofJonathan Edwards and he was licensed to preach the gospel at age nineteen. He then enrolled atNewton Theological Institution but left forPrinceton Theological Seminary when theSouthern Baptist Convention was formed. The Newton school had been affiliated with the rival Northern Baptist Convention.Manly graduated from Princeton in 1847 and with
John Albert Broadus , William Williams, andJames Petigru Boyce was instrumental in the formation of theSouthern Baptist Theological Seminary in Greenville, South Carolina. (In 1877 the seminary moved to Louisville, Kentucky.)*"Bible Doctrine of Inspiration", Armstrong and Son Publishers (New York: 1888).
External Links
* [http://www.founders.org/library/sermons/bio_manly.html Biographical Sketch of Basil Manly Jr. by Dr. Tom Nettles]
* [http://www.reformedreader.org/rbb/manlyjr/mjraindex.htm Online Writings of Basil Manly Jr. at the Reformed Reader]
* [http://archives.sbts.edu/CC_Content_Page/0,,PTID325566|CHID716366|CIID,00.html Basil Manly Jr. Papers at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary]
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