John Girardeau

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

References

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