John Henry Gerstner (November 22, 1914 – March 24, 1996) was an American
Reformed
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and
Presbyterian theologian and professor of
Church History at
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and
Knox Theological Seminary
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. He was an expert on the life and
theology of
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Career
Gerstner earned both a Master of Divinity degree and a Master of Theology degree from
Westminster Theological Seminary. He earned his Doctor of Philosophy degree in Church History from
Harvard University in 1945.
He was originally ordained in the
United Presbyterian Church of North America, then (due to church unions) with the
United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America and the
Presbyterian Church (USA)
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[ In 1990, he left the PCUSA for the Presbyterian Church in America.
Gerstner counted among his students noted author and preacher R. C. Sproul, founder of <]