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The Substance of Two Speeches on the Teaching of Evolution in Columbia Theological Seminary Delivered in the Synod of South Carolina, at Greenville, S.C., October, 1884 (1885)

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Report of an 1884 Synod debate over Dr. James Woodrow’s evolutionary teaching at Columbia Theological Seminary, weighing Scripture vs. natural science and heresy charges.
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John Lafayette Girardeau was an American Presbyterian minister, theologian, and seminary professor renowned for his powerful preaching, extensive missionary work among African Americans in Charleston, and later teaching systematic theology at Columbia Theological Seminary. A leading voice in the Southern Presbyterian Church, he authored influential theological works and stood against racial segregation in church governance while shaping debates on the will, worship, and doctrinal fidelity in the late 19th century.

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