Samuel Miller

Samuel Miller (October 31, 1769 - January 7, 1850) was a Presbyterian theologian who taught at Princeton Theological Seminary. Samuel Miller was born in Dover, Delaware, on October 31, 1769. His father was the Rev. John Miller (1722-1791). Miller entered the University of Pennsylvania and graduated in 1789. He was licensed to preach in 1791, and the University of Pennsylvania awarded him a Doctor of Theology (DD) degree in 1804. From 1813 to 1849, he served as professor of church history. and church administration at Princeton Theological Seminary, and was also an integral part of the creation of this institution. Throughout his life, Miller was an active participant in many of the contradictions that took place in the Presbyterian church, including those that led to the division of the church into new and old schools. He was also considered an authority on many issues that Christians, especially Presbyterians, of his time faced. Miller is perhaps best known for his theological, polemical, and biographical works that he published throughout his life, including The Brief Eighteenth Century Retrospective (1803, 1805), The Memoirs of Rev. John Rogers (1813), and Letters about unitarism ”(1821),“ Essay on the office of the ruling elder ”(1831),“ The Primeval and Apostolic Order of the Justified Church of Christ ”(1840),“ Letters from Father to Son in College ”(1843) and“ Thoughts on Public Prayer ”1849) . He was also responsible for the publication in 1814 of memoirs and writings of his older brother Edward Miller, a famous doctor and teacher in New York, who died in 1812.