Excerpt from The Biblical Repertory and Princeton Review for the Year 1865, Vol. 37
With the exception of the second of Wieseler's reasons, we consider his argument not only tenable but conclusive. Applied to the subject in hand, it sets aside the assumption that Maria Olopa was the sister of the mother of Jesus, and the entire edifice-reared on that assumption falls likewise to the ground. Her sons (no matter whether she had two, three, or four, ) would then cease to be related to Jesus; for even though she was what Lange declares her to have been, the wife of Alphaeusa Clopas, the brother of Joseph, (the' husband of Mary the mother of Jesus, ) her sons were clearly not related to Jesus. Among all the arguments we have seen, there is, on the whole.
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Charles Hodge was the principal of Princeton Theological Seminary between 1851 and 1878. He is considered to be one of the greatest exponents and defenders of historical Calvinism in America during the 19th century.
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