Theological and Philosophical Biography and Dictionary

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

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

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

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

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

Gill, John

(1697-1771)

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

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

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)