How Liberty Hall
Relates to the
Heresy of Decisional Regeneration

Liberty Hall  (1776-1844)

William Graham was Rector of Liberty Hall for 22 years. It was here that William Graham taught Archibald Alexander Scottish Common Sense Realism. Archibald Alexander went on to serve as President of Hampton-Sydney College from 1796-1801 and President of Princeton Theological Seminary from 1812-1851.

It was largely through Princeton theological Seminary that the New England view of regeneration was replaced by Scottish Common Sense Realism.

Lyman Beecher (1775-1863) recognized the impact of the salvation theories of Scottish Common Sense Realism that came through Princeton Theological Seminary beginning in 1812. Hopkinsian salvation theology (also called New England theology) was the most prominent Calvinist salvation theology in America in 1812, but by 1830, Scottish Common Sense Realism had become the premier salvation theory among Protestant ministers.

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