James Petigru Boyce

James Petrigru Boyce
Born	1827
Died	1888
Nationality	American
Education	Brown University Princeton Theological Seminary
Occupation(s)	Preacher, author, seminary president and professor

James Petigru Boyce (1827–1888) served as a Southern Baptist pastor, theologian, author, seminary professor, and founder and first president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Biography

Early life

James Petigru Boyce was born in 1827. He was educated at Brown University under Francis Wayland, whose evangelical sermons contributed to Boyce's conversion, and at Princeton Theological Seminary under Charles Hodge who led Boyce to appreciate Calvinistic theology.

Career

Boyce became a pastor, then a university professor, and finally the founder and first president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, where he taught theology from 1859 until his death in 1888. Throughout his ministry, Boyce insisted on the importance of theological education for all ministers. In a preface, he described his Abstract of Systematic Theology, published the year before his death, as follows: "This volume is published the rather as a practical text book, for the study of the system of doctrine taught in the Word of God, than as a contribution to theological science."

Death

Boyce died in 1888.

Bibliography

• Nettles, Tom J. James Petigru Boyce: a Southern Baptist Statesman. Phillipsburg, N.J: P & R Publishing, 2009.
• Nettles, Tom J., and James P. Boyce. Stray Recollections, Short Articles and Public Orations of James P. Boyce. Cape Coral, Fla: Founders Press, 2009.
• Wills, Gregory A. Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1859-2009. Oxford New York: Oxford University Press, 2009.

See also

• Southern Baptist Convention
• Southern Baptist Convention Presidents
• Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

External links

• Abstract of Systematic Theology by James P. Boyce online