History of Pittsburgh Theological Seminary

Pittsburgh Theological Seminary is a merger of two seminaries, Pittsburgh Xenia Theological Seminary and Western Theological Seminary, both dating back to the late 1700s. Pittsburgh Xenia Theological Seminary began with six students and one professor in 1792, and Western Theological Seminary was formed after the merging of two academies established in 1785 and 1787. These academies were log colleges, influenced by the first log college that eventually became Princeton University and Princeton Theological Seminary. Western Theological Seminary attracted notable faculty members such as BB Warfield and AA Hodge, both of whom played a significant role in defending the doctrines of inspiration and inerrancy in their 1881 article on the subject.