J. I. Packer
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J. I. Packer was a prominent 20th-century evangelical theologian and author, best known for his influential book "Knowing God" and his role in shaping modern Reformed evangelical thought.
All labels observed (1)
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| J. I. Packer canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1342807 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: J. I. Packer Context triple: [Martyn Lloyd-Jones, influenced, J. I. Packer]
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A.
John Stott
John Stott was a highly influential British Anglican priest, theologian, and author who became a leading figure in shaping modern evangelical thought and global evangelicalism.
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B.
Martyn Lloyd-Jones
Martyn Lloyd-Jones was a prominent 20th-century Welsh Protestant minister and influential Reformed evangelical preacher best known for his long pastorate at Westminster Chapel in London and his expository Bible teaching.
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C.
Robert Gordon Sproul
Robert Gordon Sproul was a prominent American educator who served as the long-time president of the University of California system in the mid-20th century.
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D.
John Piper
John Piper is an American Reformed Baptist pastor and theologian known for his emphasis on Christian hedonism and the supremacy of God in all things.
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E.
Carl F. H. Henry
Carl F. H. Henry was a prominent 20th-century American evangelical theologian and author who helped shape modern evangelical thought and was a founding figure of Christianity Today magazine.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: J. I. Packer Target entity description: J. I. Packer was a prominent 20th-century evangelical theologian and author, best known for his influential book "Knowing God" and his role in shaping modern Reformed evangelical thought.
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A.
John Stott
John Stott was a highly influential British Anglican priest, theologian, and author who became a leading figure in shaping modern evangelical thought and global evangelicalism.
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B.
Martyn Lloyd-Jones
Martyn Lloyd-Jones was a prominent 20th-century Welsh Protestant minister and influential Reformed evangelical preacher best known for his long pastorate at Westminster Chapel in London and his expository Bible teaching.
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C.
Robert Gordon Sproul
Robert Gordon Sproul was a prominent American educator who served as the long-time president of the University of California system in the mid-20th century.
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D.
John Piper
John Piper is an American Reformed Baptist pastor and theologian known for his emphasis on Christian hedonism and the supremacy of God in all things.
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E.
Carl F. H. Henry
Carl F. H. Henry was a prominent 20th-century American evangelical theologian and author who helped shape modern evangelical thought and was a founding figure of Christianity Today magazine.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Anglican priest
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Christian author ⓘ Reformed theologian ⓘ evangelical theologian ⓘ person ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| academicDegree | Doctor of Philosophy ⓘ |
| birthName | James Innell Packer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Canada
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1926-07-22 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2020-07-17 ⓘ |
| denomination |
Anglicanism (broadly)
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surface form:
Anglicanism
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| educatedAt | Corpus Christi College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| education | University of Oxford ⓘ |
| era |
20th-century theology
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21st-century theology ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy | theology ⓘ |
| genre |
Christian spirituality
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Christian theology ⓘ |
| influenced | modern Reformed evangelical thought ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
John Calvin
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Martin Luther ⓘ Puritan theologians ⓘ |
| knownFor |
book "Knowing God"
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defense of biblical inerrancy ⓘ popular-level systematic theology ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| movement | Reformed evangelicalism ⓘ |
| name | J. I. Packer self-link ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Quest for Godliness
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Concise Theology ⓘ Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God ⓘ Fundamentalism and the Word of God ⓘ Keep in Step with the Spirit ⓘ Knowing God ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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professor ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Gloucester
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surface form:
Gloucester, England
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| placeOfDeath |
Vancouver
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surface form:
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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| positionHeld | Board of Governors' Professor of Theology at Regent College ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation | Anglican Church of Canada ⓘ |
| spouse | Kit Packer ⓘ |
| theologicalTradition |
Calvinism
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surface form:
Reformed theology
evangelicalism ⓘ |
| workedAt | Regent College ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: J. I. Packer Description of subject: J. I. Packer was a prominent 20th-century evangelical theologian and author, best known for his influential book "Knowing God" and his role in shaping modern Reformed evangelical thought.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.