THEOLOGICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL
BIOGRAPHY AND GLOSSARY

Gaebelein, Arno Clemens
(1861-1945)
  • US Methodist
  • Bible teacher
  • conference speaker
  • developed dispensationalist fundamentalist movement
  • worked on prophecy and Israel
  • edited Our Hope
  • wrote
    1. The Annotated Bible
    2. Revelation, an Analysis and Exposition
    3. Current Events in the Light of the Bible
Galileo
(1564-1641)
Galileo

Galileo


Galloway, Charles B.
(1849-1909)
  • US Methodist preacher.
Garnett, Arthur Campbell
(1894-1970)
  • professor in Wisconsin
  • Realist metaphysics
  • wrote
    1. Contemporary Thought and the Return to Religion
    2. A Realistic Philosophy of Religion

Garvie, Alfred Ernest
(1861-1945)
  • Congregational Church of Scotland pastor
  • wrote The Christian Preacher.
Gasset, Jose Ortega y
(1883-1955)
Jose Ortega y Gasset

Jose Ortega y Gasset

  • professor at Madrid
  • intellect is to be subordinate to life
  • wrote
    1. Man and Crisis
    2. The Modern Theme

Geikie, John Cunningham
(1824-1906)
  • British Presbyterian became Anglican
  • author
Geiler, John
(1445-1510)
  • German Roman Catholic mystic.
GENETIC THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE
  • Dewey's theory that knowledge is a collection of experiences, (i.e., the accumulation of instrumental ideas).
Gerhard, Johann
(1582-1637)
  • Lutheran theologian
  • major work was a system of dogmatics: Loci Theologici.
Gerson, Jean Charlier de
(1363-1429)
Jean Charlier de Gerson

Jean Charlier de Gerson

  • French Roman Catholic who tried to reform University of Notre Dame.

GESTALT PSYCHOLOGY
  • A holistic form of structural psychology which opposes all atomistic approaches to mind and which studies behavior in terms of the Gestalt, the structure of the whole.
Gil, Juan
(d 1556)
  • Spanish Roman Catholic converted to Reformed doctrine but condemned by Inquisition as a "Lutheran."
Gilkey, Langdon Brown
(1919-2004)
Landon Brown Gilkey

Landon Brown Gilkey

  • theologian at University of Chicago
  • wrote
    1. Shantung Compound
    2. Naming the Whirlwind

Gill, John
(1697-1771)
John Gill

John Gill

  • British Baptist pastor for 50 years in one church
  • Calvinist
  • wrote
    1. A Body of Divinity
      • A Body of Doctrinal Divinity (1767)
      • A Body of Practical Divinity (1770)
    2. The Doctrine of the Trinity Stated and Vindicated (London, 1731)
    3. The Cause of God and Truth (4 parts, 1735-8), a retort to Daniel Whitby's Five Points
    4. An Exposition of the New Testament (3 vols., 1746-8)
    5. Exposition of the Old Testament (6 vols., 1748-63)
    6. A Dissertation on the Antiquity of the Hebrew Language (1767)

Gillespie, George
(1613-1648)
George Gillespie

George Gillespie

  • Scottish Presbyterian preacher
  • Wrote Aaron's Rod Blossoming

Gilpin, Bernard
(1517-1583)
  • British Anglican preacher
  • dealt with social and educational issues
Gladden, Washington
(1836-1918)
Washington Gladden

Washington Gladden

  • Congregational pastor in Ohio
  • popularized liberal theology and social gospel
  • wrote the hymn "O Master Let Me Walk With Thee"
  • wrote
    1. Burning Questions
    2. The Christian Pastor.

God
Godfrey, W. Robert
  • Prof. of Church History at Wstminster Th. Sem. (Calif.)
  • pastor in Christian Reformed Church
  • helped to write
    1. Discord, Dialogue, and Concord: Studies in the Lutheran Reformation's Formula of Concord
    2. John Calvin, His Influence in the Western World
Gogarten, Friedrich
(1887-1968)
Gogarten

Gogarten


Goheen, Robert F.
Robert Goheen

Robert Goheen


Gomarus, Franciscus
(1563-1641)
Franciscus Gomarus

Franciscus Gomarus


GOOD REASONS THEORIES
Goodman, Christopher
(1520-1603)
  • British Reformer
Goodwin, Thomas
(1600-1680)
Thomas Goodwin

Thomas Goodwin

  • British Congregational Puritan
  • became a Separatist through influence of John Cotton
  • moved to Holland after harassment by Archbishop Laud
  • advisor to Oliver Cromwell
  • wrote a collection of sermons
  • a favorite of Alexander Whyte

Gordon, Adoniram Judson
(1836-1895)
Adoniram Judson Gordon

Adoniram Judson Gordon

  • US Baptist preacher
  • founded Gordon College.

Gordon, Charles William
(1860-1937)
  • Canadian Presbyterian international pastor.
Gordon, George Angier
(1853-1929)
  • Scottish Congregational liberal pastor in Boston for over 40 years.
Gore, Charles
(1853-1932)
Charles Gore

Charles Gore

  • Anglican liberal bishop

GOSPELS
Gossip, Arthur John
(1873-1954)
  • Presbyterian topical preacher.
Gottschalk
(c 805-869)
GRACE
Graham, William (Billy)
(1918-____)
Billy Graham

Billy Graham

Billy Graham

Billy Graham

  • US Baptist, evangelist
  • Wrote
    1. Angels: God's Secret Agents
    2. How to be Born Again

Gray, Andrew
(1633-1656)
  • pastor
  • converted by witness of a beggar
  • Writing contained in The Works of Andrew Gray
Gray, James Martin
(1851-1935)
James M. Gray

James M. Gray

  • US Reformed Episcopal
  • President of Moody Bible Institute

Grebel, Conrad
(c 1498-1526)
  • Founder of Swiss Anabaptist and first Free Church congregation.
Green, Ashbel
(1762-1848)
Ashbel Green

Ashbel Green


Green, Thomas Hill
(1836-1882)
Greer, David H.
(1844-1919)
  • US Episcopal pastor.
Gregory I (the Great)
(c540-604)
Gregory I

Gregory I

  • Pope who began medieval period of church
  • known for Gregorian Chant
  • first to teach doctrine of Purgatory
  • wrote Rules for Pastors

Gregory of Nazianzus
(c330-389)
Gregory of Nazianzus

Gregory of Nazianzus

  • Cappadocian theologian whose formula of Trinity became orthodox view.
  • Close friend of Gregory of Nyssa

Gregory of Nyssa
(c 330-395)
Gregory of Nyssa

Gregory of Nyssa

  • Cappadocian theologian whose formula of Trinity became orthodox view.
  • Close friend of Gregory of Nazianzus

Gregory of Rimini
(____-1358)
  • Italian philosopher became an Augustinian monk
  • emphasized grace of God in salvation
Grindal, Edmund
(1519-1583)
  • Anglican preacher
Groot, Gerard
(1340-1384)
  • Dutch Roman Catholic who founded Brethren of the Common Life
Grotius, Hugo
(1583-1645)
Hugo Grotius

Hugo Grotius

  • Dutch jurist and statesman
  • government theory of atonement
  • the founder of international law

GROWTH
Grudem, Wayne A.
Wayne A. Grudem

Wayne A. Grudem

  • Professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
  • wrote The Gift of Prophecy in I Corinthians

Gunsaulus, Frank Wakely
(1856-1921)
Frank Gunsaulus

Frank Gunsaulus

  • Chicago preacher.

Guthrie, James
(1612-1661)
  • Scottish Presbyterian martyred.
Guthrie, Thomas
(1803-1873)
  • Free Church of Scotland preacher.
Guthrie, William
(1620-1665)
  • Scottish Covenanter
  • wrote The Christian's Great Interest
Gutierrez, Gustavo
(1928-____)
Gustavo Gutierrez

Gustavo Gutierrez

  • Latin American Roman Catholic theologian
  • liberation theology.

Guyon, Madame
(1648-1717)
Madame Guyon

Madame Guyon

  • French mystic
  • strive for spiritual perfection through disinterested love of God and complete obedience to Him.