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January 19 Today in OPC History

Cornelius Van Til

2023

 

At 9:00 AM on January 19, 1957, the final examination for Cornelius Van Til's Christian Ethics course at Westminster Seminary was held. Dr. Van Til asked two questions: 1) Discuss fully the question of the Christian Summa Bonum in relation to various non-Christian views; 2) Deal more particularly with the ethical views of one or more of the following men: a. Aristotle; b. Thomas Aquinas; c. Bishop Butler; d. Emanuel Kant; e. Bernard Bousanquet; f. A. E. Taylor; g. John Dewey. From 1929 until his retirement in 1976 at the age of 81, Dr. Van Til taught over 200 students at Westminster Seminary who would go on to be ordained as gospel ministers in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church.

Picture: Dr. Van Til being recognized at the 50th General Assembly of the OPC in 1983.

 

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