John Girardeau Explained

John Lafayette Girardeau (14 November 1825 23 June 1898) was a Reformed theologian and minister in the Presbyterian Church in the United States.^[1] He is notable as a Calvinist defender of libertarianism, the teaching that people have free will to choose between alternatives, and that they could have chosen differently than they actually did, rather than a determinist or compatibilist view.^[2]

He was a professor of systematic theology at Columbia Theological Seminary in South Carolina.^[3]

Writings / Bibliography

• C.N. Willborn - Who Was John Lafayette Girardeau?
• Calvinism and Evangelical Arminianism (1890)
• Discussions of Philosophical Questions (1900)
• Instrumental Music in the Public Worship of the Church (1888)
• Sermons on Important Subjects: Edited by George Blackstone (1907)
• The Will in its Theological Relations (1891)
• Sermons on Important Subjects: Edited by George Blackstone (1907)
• Misc. Writings / Log College

Notes and References

1. Web site: C. N. . Willborn . John Lafayette Girardeau . PCA Historical Center . 2004 .
2. Book: Crisp, Oliver D. . Oliver Crisp . Deviant Calvinism . 2014 . Minneapolis . Fortress . 95.
3. Book: Girardeau, John . The Will in Its Theological Relations . 1891.