Editing J. I. Packer (section)

{{For|the Australian media tycoon|James Packer}}
{{Short description|English-born Canadian evangelical theologian (1926–2020)}}
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| honorific_prefix   = [[The Reverend]] [[Canon (priest)|Canon]]
| name               = J.&nbsp;I. Packer
| image              = J. L. Packer (1).png
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| alt                = Young man with spectacles and Brylcreemed hair
| caption            = Packer in the 1950s
| birth_name         = James Innell Packer
| birth_date         = {{birth date|df=yes|1926|7|22}}
| birth_place        = [[Twyning]], England
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|2020|7|17|1926|7|22|df=yes}}
| death_place        = [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]], Canada
| nationality        = {{hlist | Canadian | British}}
| spouse             = {{marriage|Kit Mullett|1954}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Bramble |first=Neil |date=12 May 2017 |title=J.&nbsp;I. Packer |url=https://convivium.ca/voices/124_j_i_packer |website=Convivium |access-date=25 February 2019}}</ref>
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| module             = {{Infobox clergy |child=yes
| religion           = Christianity ([[Anglican]])
| church             = {{ubl | [[Church of England]] | [[Anglican Church of Canada]] | [[Anglican Diocese of Canada|Anglican Network in Canada]]{{efn|When Packer joined the Anglican Network in Canada (ANiC) in 2008, it was [[autocephalous]]. ANiC became a diocese of the [[Anglican Church in North America]] in 2009.}} | [[Anglican Church in North America]]}}
| ordained           = {{hlist | 1952 (deacon) | 1953 (priest)}}
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| alma_mater         = {{ubl | [[Corpus Christi College, Oxford]] | [[Wycliffe Hall, Oxford]]}}
| thesis_title       = The Redemption and Restoration of Man in the Thought of Richard Baxter
| thesis_year        = 1954
| school_tradition   = {{hlist | [[Calvinism]] | [[evangelical Anglicanism]]}}
| doctoral_advisor   = [[Geoffrey Nuttall]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Dever |first=Mark E. |author-link=Mark Dever |year=2009 |chapter=J.&nbsp;I. Packer and Pastoral Wisdom from the Puritans |editor-last=George |editor-first=Timothy |editor-link=Timothy George |title=J.&nbsp;I. Packer and the Evangelical Future: The Impact of His Life and Thought |location=Grand Rapids, Michigan |publisher=Baker Academic |page=92 |isbn=978-0-8010-3387-2}}</ref>
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| influences         = {{hlist | [[Richard Baxter]] | [[John Bunyan]] | [[John Calvin]] | [[C.&nbsp;S. Lewis]] | [[John Owen (theologian)|John Owen]] | [[J.&nbsp;C. Ryle]] | [[Charles Williams (British writer)|Charles Williams]]}}
| discipline         = [[Theology]]
| sub_discipline     = [[Systematic theology]]
| workplaces         = {{ubl | [[Tyndale Hall]] | [[Latimer Trust|Latimer House]] | [[Trinity College, Bristol]] | [[Regent College]]}}
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| notable_students   = {{hlist | [[Chuck Murphy (bishop)|Chuck Murphy]] | [[Gary Thomas (author)|Gary Thomas]]}}
| main_interests     =
| notable_works      = ''[[Knowing God]]'' (1973)
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| influenced         = {{flatlist|
* [[Duane Litfin]]<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_im6cSN68wgC&pg=PA246 | title=Disciplines of a Godly Man| isbn=9781433518638| last1=Kent Hughes| first1=R.| date=May 2007| publisher=Crossway}}</ref>
* [[Carl Trueman]]<ref>{{cite web |last=DeYoung |first=Kevin |date=6 June 2014 |title=Bio, Books, and Such: Carl Trueman |url=https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/kevin-deyoung/bio-books-and-such-carl-trueman/ |work=The Gospel Coalition |access-date=18 May 2019}}</ref>
}}
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'''James Innell Packer''' (22 July 1926{{spnd}}17 July 2020) was an [[English Canadians|English-born Canadian]] [[evangelicalism|evangelical]] theologian, cleric and writer in the [[Low church|low-church Anglican]] and [[Calvinist]] traditions. Having been considered as one of the most influential evangelicals in North America,<ref>{{cite magazine|date=7 February 2005|title=The 25 Most Influential Evangelicals in America|magazine=Time|url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1993235_1993243_1993310,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100611095206/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1993235_1993243_1993310,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 June 2010|access-date=24 July 2008}}</ref> Packer is known for his 1973 best-selling book ''[[Knowing God]]'', along with his work as the general editor of the [[English Standard Version]] Bible. He was one of the high-profile signers on the 1978 [[Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy]], a member on the advisory board of the [[Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood]], and also was involved in the [[Ecumenism|ecumenical]] book ''[[Evangelicals and Catholics Together]]'' in 1994. His last teaching position was as the board of governors' Professor of Theology at [[Regent College]] in [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]], in which he served from 1996 until his retirement in 2016 due to failing eyesight.