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{{Infobox theologian
|name=John Murray
|era=20th century
|image=John Murray theologian.jpg
|birth_date={{birth date|1898|10|14}}
|birth_place=[[Bonar Bridge]], [[Sutherland]], Scotland
|death_date={{death date and age|1975|05|08|1898|10|14}}
|occupation=[[Professor]]
|tradition_movement=[[Reformed tradition|Reformed]], [[Presbyterian]]
|notable_works=''Redemption Accomplished and Applied'', ''Imputation of Adam's Sin''
|spouse=Valerie Knowlton
}}
'''John Murray''' (14 October 1898 – 8 May 1975) was a Scottish-born [[Calvinist]] [[theology|theologian]] who taught at [[Princeton Theological Seminary|Princeton Seminary]] and then left to help found [[Westminster Theological Seminary]], where he taught for many years. He was ordained in the [[Orthodox Presbyterian Church]] in 1937.<ref name="John Murray Biography">{{cite web|url=https://banneroftruth.org/us/about/banner-authors/john-murray/ |title=John Murray Biography}}</ref>

==Early life and ministry==
Murray was born in the croft of Badbea, near [[Bonar Bridge]], in [[Sutherland]] county, [[Scotland]]. Following service in the British Army in the [[First World War]] (during which he lost an eye, serving in the [[Black Watch]] regiment) he studied at the [[University of Glasgow]]. Following his acceptance as a theological student of the [[Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland]] he pursued further studies at [[Princeton Theological Seminary]] under [[J. Gresham Machen]] and [[Geerhardus Vos]], but broke with the Free Presbyterian Church in 1930 over that Church's handling of a discipline case in the Chesley, Ontario congregation concerning the [[Puritan Sabbatarianism|Lord's Day]]. He taught at Princeton for a year and then lectured in [[systematic theology]] at Westminster Theological Seminary to generations of students from 1930 to 1966, and was an early trustee of the [[Banner of Truth Trust]].

Besides the material in the four-volume ''Collected Writings'', his primary published works are a commentary on the [[Epistle to the Romans]] (previously included in the ''New International Commentary on the New Testament'' series but now superseded by [[Douglas J. Moo]]'s commentary), ''Redemption Accomplished and Applied'', ''Principles of Conduct'', ''The Imputation of Adam's Sin'', ''Baptism'', and ''Divorce''.

==Later life==
Murray preached at Chesley and Lochalsh from time to time until his retirement from Westminster Theological Seminary in 1966. He returned to Scotland, where he was connected with the [[Free Church of Scotland (post-1900)|Free Church of Scotland]]

Writing after a communion season at Lochalsh, Murray said, "I think I feel most at home here and at Chesley of all the places I visit." There had been some consideration that upon leaving the seminary, Murray might take a pastorate in the newly formed Presbyterian Reformed Church, but the infirmity of his aged sisters at the home place necessitated his return to Ross-shire, Scotland.

==Personal life and death==
At the age of 69, Murray married Valerie Knowlton 7 December 1967. Together they had two children, one of whom died at a young age.<ref name=Kennebec>{{cite news |title=Dr. Valerie Young (Knowlton) Murray |newspaper=Kennebec Journal |date=13 August 2014 |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1552783092}}</ref>

Murray died on May 8, 1975 at the age of 76.<ref name=Kennebec /><ref>{{cite journal |last=Olinger |first=Danny E. |title=John Murray |journal=The Confessional Presbyterian |volume=11 |year=2015 |pages=3–4}}</ref>

==Works==
* {{cite book|title=Christian Baptism|last=Murray|first=John |author-link=John Murray (theologian)|location=Philadelphia, PA|publisher=Committee on Christian Education, Orthodox Presbyterian Church|year=1952}} ? pages
* {{cite book|title=Divorce|last=Murray|first=John |author-link=John Murray (theologian)|location=Philadelphia, PA|publisher=Committee on Christian Education, Orthodox Presbyterian Church|year=1953}} ? pages
* {{cite book|title=Redemption Accomplished and Applied|url=https://archive.org/details/redemptionaccomp00murr|url-access=registration|isbn=978-0-8028-1143-1|last=Murray|first=John |author-link=John Murray (theologian)|location=Grand Rapids|publisher=Eerdmans|year=1955}} 192 pages
* {{cite book|title=Principles of Conduct: Aspects of Biblical Ethics|url=https://archive.org/details/principlesofcond00murr|url-access=registration|isbn=978-0-8028-1144-8|last=Murray|first=John |author-link=John Murray (theologian)|location=Grand Rapids|publisher=Eerdmans|year=1957}} 272 pages
* {{cite book|title=The Imputation of Adam's Sin|isbn=0-8755-2341-2|last=Murray|first=John |author-link=John Murray (theologian)|location=Phillipsburg, NJ|publisher=Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing|year=1959}} ? pages
* {{cite book|title=The Epistle to the Romans|isbn=978-0-8028-2506-3|series=[[New International Commentary on the New Testament|NICNT]]|last=Murray|first=John |author-link=John Murray (theologian)|location=Grand Rapids|publisher=Eerdmans|year=1959}} 736 pages
* {{cite book|title=Calvin on the Scriptures and Divine Sovereignty|last=Murray|first=John |author-link=John Murray (theologian)|year=1960}} ? pages

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Sources==
* {{cite book|title=The Life of John Murray: Professor of Systematic Theology, Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1937-1966|isbn=978-0-8515-1950-0|last=Murray|first=Iain Hamish |author-link=Iain Murray (author)|year=1984}}
* {{cite book|title=The Collected Writings of John Murray (4 vols.)|isbn=0-85151-396-4|last=Murray|first=John |author-link=John Murray (theologian)|location=Edinburgh|publisher=Banner of Truth Trust|year=1982}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20091215220124/http://thirdmill.org/sermons/compile_speaker.asp/speaker/John%20Murray/site/iiim/category/speakers Free audio lectures and sermons in mp3 format] from ThirdMill.org
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090522123126/http://www.presbyterianreformed.org/ourhistory.php "Preaching: at Chesley Canada"]

==References==

[[Category:1898 births]]
[[Category:1975 deaths]]
[[Category:Orthodox Presbyterian Church members]]
[[Category:Orthodox Presbyterian Church ministers]]
[[Category:Scottish Presbyterians]]
[[Category:Scottish Calvinist and Reformed theologians]]
[[Category:Westminster Theological Seminary faculty]]
[[Category:Princeton Theological Seminary alumni]]
[[Category:Princeton Theological Seminary faculty]]
[[Category:People from Sutherland]]
[[Category:20th-century Calvinist and Reformed theologians]]
[[Category:20th-century American clergy]]

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