Cornelius Van Til





Cornelius Van Til

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born
May 03, 1895 in Netherlands

died
April 17, 1987

gender
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Cornelius Van Til, was a Christian philosopher, Reformed theologian, and presuppositional apologist.

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Born on May 3, 1895, in Grootegast, The Netherlands he was the sixth son of Ite and Klazina Van Til, who emigrated to the United States when "Kees," as he was known to friends, was 10. He grew up helping on the family farm in Highland, Indiana.

Van Til graduated from Calvin College in 1922, receiving a ThM from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1925 and his PhD from Princeton University in 1927. He began teaching at Princeton, but shortly went with the conservative group who founded Westminster Theological Seminary, where he taught for forty-three years of his life as a professor of apologetics.

He was also a minister in the...more


Average rating: 4.13 · 494 ratings · 65 reviews · 32 distinct works
Defense of the Faith:
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Christian Apologetics
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An Introduction to Systemat...
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Why I believe in God
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Paul at Athens
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Christian theistic ethics
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A Christian Theory of Knowl...
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More books by Cornelius Van Til…
“Anti-theism presupposes Theism”
Cornelius Van Til, Defense of the Faith:

“The Bible is authoritative on everything of which it speaks.
Moreover, it speaks of everything.”
Cornelius Van Til

“So, as we have our tea, I propose not only to operate on your heart so as to change your will, but also on your eyes so as to change your outlook. But wait a minute. No, I do not propose to operate at all. I myself cannot do anything of the sort. I am just mildly suggesting that you are perhaps dead, and perhaps blind, leaving you to think the matter over for yourself. If an operation is to be performed it must be performed by God Himself.”
Cornelius Van Til