Cornelius Van Til

Cornelius Van Til (born 1895 in Grootegast, The Netherlands, died 1987) was a Christian philosopher, Reformed theologian, and presuppositional apologist.

Van Til was a graduate of Calvin College, Princeton Theological Seminary and Princeton University. He spent fourty-three years of his life as a professor of apologetics at Westminster Theological Seminary and was a minister in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church from the 1930s until his death in 1987.

Van Til was well known for his unique style of apologetics, which opposed the traditional methodology of Christian Apologetics. He drew upon the works of Calvinistic philosophers such as Vollenhoven and Dooyeweerd to bring together a fresh style of presuppositional apologetics.

Many well-know apologists and theologians have been greatly influenced by Van Til's works include:

• Greg Bahnsen
• Michael Butler
• John Frame
• William Edgar