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Category: Francis Turretin

  • The Real Turretin on: The Atonement

    Daniel’s Place provides a few quotations from the real Turretin on the Atonement (link), as well as some good cautionary comments to modern neo-Amyraldians, quasi-Amyraldians, and those toying with Amyraldianism. Turretin’s work on the atonement can be found in volume 4 of his works. To God be the Glory!

  • The Real Turretin on: The Will of God in Salvation

    Ismael Hilerio has provided a some reading from the real Turretin on the Will of God in Salvation. (link) This title may whet your theological appetite: “God acts seriously in the calling of reprobates, although he does not intend their salvation“ -TurretinFan To God be the Glory!

  • Defining the word Covenant

    The Reformed Reader presents some historic definitions of the word “covenant” by various authors, including the real Turretin (link). It’s really only a very short snippet of Turretin, but it is worth checking out to see many facets of the Christian jewel, “Covenant.” To God be the Glory!

  • Benedict Pictet – Son in Law of Francis Turretin

    Benedict Pictet was the Son-in-Law and spiritual successor of Turretin in Geneva. Here are a list of his works that are currently available (to my knowledge). Sadly, only one is currently freely available in English. Pictet, Benedict – Brevis Syllabus Controversarium (Brief Syllabus of Controversies) (Latin) (link)Pictet, Benedict – Theologia Christiana (Christian Theology) (Latin) (link)…

  • The Works of Francis Turretin

    The Works of Francis Turretin are now freely available in the original Latin. It will be quite some time before they are fully translated into English. Nevertheless, for those that read Latin, the followings gems have been scanned into the Google Books collection: Volume 1 (link) Volume 2 (link) Volume 3 (link) Volume 4 (link)…

  • The Deleterious Effect of Particularist/Universalist Propoganda

    I stumbled across this shocking quotation: “Amazingly, Dabney, Charles Hodge, and William Shedd all distance themselves from theologians like Francis Turretin on the relationship between the decree of God and the cross of Christ, and even go so far as to explicitly reject key exegesis that underlies the “limited atonement” argument found in John Owen’s…

  • The Real Turretin on: Ecclesiology

    Here’s a brief excerpt from Turretin’s Institutes, on the lack of difference between Presbyter and Bishop (link). To God be the Glory!

  • The Real Turretin on: the Covenants

    The Reformed Reader has graciously transcribed a two part series taken from the real Turretin’s Institutes: (part 1)(part 2) See also the recent transcription of the difference between Grace and Works by Transforming Grace. (link) -Turretinfan To God be the Glory!

  • The Real Turretin on: Baptism

    I found the following excerpt from Turretin in a Baptist essay (I have not checked its accuracy, and the point for which it was presented was clearly to suggest both a particular exegesis of the baptism of the Ethiopian Eunuch and a particular historical claim as to the practice of the primitive church): The passage…

  • The Real Turretin – and others – on the Atonement

    I recently happened upon this Google Books scan of “A Historical Sketch of the Opinions on the Atonement” by James Renwick Willson, including a significant portion of translations from the real Turretin (link to Google Book). Note that the pdf can be downloaded (currently around 13 MB). UPDATE: Also, find here a brief exerpt from…