J. Gresham Machen

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J. Gresham Machen was an influential early 20th-century American Presbyterian theologian and New Testament scholar, best known for his defense of historic Christian orthodoxy against theological liberalism and for founding Westminster Theological Seminary.

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instanceOf American
New Testament scholar
Presbyterian
person
theologian
almaMater Johns Hopkins University
Princeton Theological Seminary
University of Göttingen
University of Marburg
birthDate 1881-07-28
birthPlace Baltimore, Maryland, United States
deathDate 1937-01-01
deathPlace Bismarck, North Dakota, United States
denomination Presbyterianism
linked to: Presbyterian
employer Princeton Theological Seminary
Westminster Theological Seminary
familyName Machen
fieldOfWork New Testament studies
apologetics
systematic theology
founded Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions
Westminster Theological Seminary
fullName John Gresham Machen
linked to: J. Gresham Machen
givenName John
helpedFound Orthodox Presbyterian Church
ideology confessional Reformed theology
conservative Presbyterianism
influenced Orthodox Presbyterian Church tradition
conservative Reformed and Presbyterian churches in the United States
influencedBy B. B. Warfield
Geerhardus Vos
knownFor defense of historic Christian orthodoxy
founding Westminster Theological Seminary
opposition to theological liberalism
role in founding the Orthodox Presbyterian Church
language English
nationality United States
notableWork Christianity and Liberalism
The Origin of Paul’s Religion
The Virgin Birth of Christ
What Is Faith?
occupation New Testament scholar
clergyman
theologian
opposedTo modernism in Protestant theology
theological liberalism
positionHeld Professor of New Testament at Princeton Theological Seminary
Professor of New Testament at Westminster Theological Seminary
religion Christianity
theologicalTradition Reformed

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Orthodox Presbyterian Church founder J. Gresham Machen
J. Gresham Machen fullName John Gresham Machen
linked to: J. Gresham Machen
Westminster Theological Seminary founder J. Gresham Machen
Old Princeton theology notableTheologian J. Gresham Machen
Machen notableBearer J. Gresham Machen
The Origin of Paul’s Religion author J. Gresham Machen
The Origin of Paul’s Religion writtenBy John Gresham Machen
linked to: J. Gresham Machen
What Is Faith? author J. Gresham Machen