Reformed Churchmen: 3 May 1895 AD: Birth of "Uncle Cornie"---Mr. (Rev.Dr.Prof.) Cornelius Van Til

Reformed Churchmen

We are Confessional Calvinists and a Prayer Book Church-people. In 2012, we remembered the 350th anniversary of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer; also, we remembered the 450th anniversary of John Jewel's sober, scholarly, and Reformed "An Apology of the Church of England." In 2013, we remembered the publication of the "Heidelberg Catechism" and the influence of Reformed theologians in England, including Heinrich Bullinger's Decades. For 2014: Tyndale's NT translation. For 2015, John Roger, Rowland Taylor and Bishop John Hooper's martyrdom, burned at the stakes. Books of the month. December 2014: Alan Jacob's "Book of Common Prayer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Book-Common-Prayer-Biography-Religious/dp/0691154813/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417814005&sr=8-1&keywords=jacobs+book+of+common+prayer. January 2015: A.F. Pollard's "Thomas Cranmer and the English Reformation: 1489-1556" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-English-Reformation-1489-1556/dp/1592448658/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1420055574&sr=8-1&keywords=A.F.+Pollard+Cranmer. February 2015: Jaspar Ridley's "Thomas Cranmer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-Jasper-Ridley/dp/0198212879/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422892154&sr=8-1&keywords=jasper+ridley+cranmer&pebp=1422892151110&peasin=198212879

Saturday, May 3, 2014

3 May 1895 AD: Birth of "Uncle Cornie"---Mr. (Rev.Dr.Prof.) Cornelius Van Til

3 May 1895 A.D. Mr. (Rev. Dr. Prof.) Cornelius Van Til Born in Netherlands

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Christian Reform

He Clung to Classical Calvinism.

Cornelius Van Til, Christian Reformed theological educator, was born in Grootegast Netherlands. He came to America in 1905 and taught theology at both Princeton and Westminster Theological seminaries beginning in 1928. A categorical supporter of classic Calvinism, Van Till vigorously opposed neo-orthodoxy throughout his teaching career. In apologetics he insisted we must not appeal so much to facts and laws as to the final reference point that makes them intelligible. To do otherwise is to let non-Christian systems be the final judge of truth.