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Westminster Confession: Cessationist as to Revelatory Gifts
The Westminster Confession of Faith is explicitly cessationist, at least with respect to the revelatory gifts. It states: I. Although the light of nature, and the works of creation and providence do so far manifest the goodness, wisdom, and power of God, as to leave men unexcusable;[1] yet are they not sufficient to give that…
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A. A. Hodge on Natural Revelation
What is the distinction between natural and revealed theology? Natural theology is that science which proposes to itself the solution of these two great questions, 1st, Does God exist? and 2d, What may be legitimately ascertained concerning the true nature of God in himself, and concerning his relations to man, from the principles of human…
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Temporary Faith – A. A. Hodge
15. What is the nature of temporary faith, and of the evidence upon which it is founded? Temporary faith is that state of mind often experienced in this world by impenitent hearers of the gospel, induced by the moral evidence of the truth, the common influences of the Holy Ghost, and the power of religious…
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A.A. Hodge on the Atonement
In A.A. Hodge’s “Outlines of Theology,” there is a chapter (Chapter XXV) on the Atonement (pp. 401-25 in the 1999 Banner of Truth Printing). The chapter is well organized and provides a good introduction to the subject. It seems to be designed to serve as a seminary textbook, and while it varies somewhat from the…