Life

Dods was born near Gifford in East Lothian

East Lothian

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, and educated at Edinburgh

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. In 1810 he was ordained presbyterian minister at Belford

Belford

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, Northumberland

Northumberland

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, where he remained for the rest of his life. A monument to Dods erected at Belford bore an inscription written by Professor Maclagan, D.D.

Works

A leading contributor to the Edinburgh Christian Instructor under the editorship of Andrew Thomson

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, he wrote a critique on the views of Edward Irving

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 on the incarnation of Christ (January 1830). Irving wrote a letter to Dods, stating that he had not read his paper, but inviting him to correspond with him on the subject. Dods published his views at length in a work entitled On the Incarnation of the Eternal Word, the second edition of which appeared after his death with a recommendatory notice by Thomas Chalmers

Thomas Chalmers

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