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John Gresham Machen

American theologian (1881–1937)

PersonDied aged 55humanQ1700283

Also known as J. Gresham Machen

Born: July 28, 1881
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2.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
3.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
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Died: January 1, 1937
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1.Stated in Encyclopædia Britannica OnlineRetrieved 2017-10-09
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Birthplace: Baltimore
Place of death: Bismarck
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: university teacher
, peace activist
, biblical scholar
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Education: Princeton University
, Johns Hopkins University
, Princeton Theological Seminary
Employer: Westminster Theological Seminary
, Princeton Theological Seminary

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John Gresham Machen was an American Presbyterian New Testament scholar and educator in the early 20th century. He was the Professor of New Testament at Princeton Seminary between 1906 and 1929, and led a revolt against modernist theology at Princeton and formed Westminster Theological Seminary as a more orthodox alternative. As the Northern Presbyterian Church continued to reject conservative attempts to enforce faithfulness to the Westminster Confession, Machen led a small group of conservatives out of the church to form the Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC). When the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (PCUSA) rejected his arguments during the mid-1920s and decided to reorganize Princeton Seminary to create a liberal school, Machen took the lead in founding Westminster Seminary in Philadelphia (1929) where he taught New Testament until his death. His continued opposition during the 1930s to liberalism in his denomination's foreign missions agencies led to the creation of a new organization, the Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions (1933). The trial, conviction and suspension from the ministry of Independent Board members, including Machen, in 1935 and 1936 provided the rationale for the formation in 1936 of the OPC.

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CChristianity and Liberalism1923 · 1923 book by J. Gresham Machen

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