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Francis A. Schaeffer

Born January 30, 1912 · Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Died May 15, 1984 · aged 72

Francis August Schaeffer (1912-1984) was an American evangelical theologian, philosopher, and Presbyterian pastor who is most famous for his writings and his establishment of the L'Abri community in Switzerland. Opposed to theological modernism, Shaeffer promoted an orthodox Protestant faith and a pre-suppositional approach to Christian apologetics, which he believed would answer the questions o…