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Turretin on the Faith of Infants (Reasons – Part 1)
XIV. Rationes cur ita statuamus sunt: 1. Quia promissio Foederis non minus ad Infantes, quam ad Adultos pertinet; siquidem Deus pollicetur se fore Deum Abrahami, et seminis ejus, Ge. xvii.7, et, Act. ii. 39, promissio dicitur facta Patribus et Liberis. Ergo et beneficia Foederis, qualia sunt remissio peccatorum, et sanctificatio, ad eos pertinere debent, ex…
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Sale on Turretin’s Institutes
Reformation Heritage Books has a sale on Turretin’s Institutes (link). I’m not sure how long the sale lasts, but $70 for the set (new) is one of the better deals I’ve seen. If you don’t already own a copy, this might be a good chance to pick one up. To God be the Glory!
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An Aside to the Formal Sufficiency Series – Partim-Partim Sufficiency?
Pastor King brought to my attention the writings of my favorite Reformed theologian, the real Francis Turretin, on the topic of formal sufficiency. Well, the topic that comes the closest to that particular issue, since – of course – Turretin does not use the phrase “formal sufficiency.” Turretin poses the sixteenth question of the second…
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Formal Sufficiency of Scripture: Introduction (Guest Series)
Formal Sufficiency of ScriptureStated and Examined from Scripture and the Fathers, with scholarly confirmation regarding the Fathers’ views. The Scriptures are the Word of God. Their purpose, among other things, is to bring people who read them to a saving knowledge of God – to bring them to faith in God and repentance from sin.…
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>Rome’s Translation Record
>Over at Greenbaggins, Roman Catholic Taylor Marshall threw out one of the standard lines about Luther changing Scripture. I noted that this Roman propaganda has been debunked already (debunked once – debunked twice). In response, Mr. Marshall tried to come up with some new angles to the old slur. He stated: “One might even say…
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Calvin and the Perpetual Virginity (?) of Mary … plus the Real Francis Turretin
In his commentary on the synoptic gospels, Calvin wrote: And knew her not This passage afforded the pretext for great disturbances, which were introduced into the Church, at a former period, by Helvidius. The inference he drew from it was, that Mary remained a virgin no longer than till her first birth, and that afterwards…
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The real Francis Turretin on: Inerrancy
εξο της παρεμβολης (exotesparemboles) has an interesting post in which he demonstrates from the real Francis Turretin’s writings that the doctrine of Inerrancy is not a 20th century development (link to post). Enjoy! -TurretinFan To God be the Glory!
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The real Francis Turretin on: Holy Days
Mark Horne has a re-post of an old post he had done on Christmas celebration and the Reformed tradition. Embedded within his post are some quotations from the real Francis Turretin on the subject of holidays (link to post). While Mark Horne takes the opportunity for some potshots at my Scottish Presbyterian brethren, Turretin does…
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The real Francis Turretin on: Insufficiency of Human Merit
Joshua189 has provided a short but sweet quotation from the real Francis Turretin explaining why mere human merit can never be enough to serve as a ground for justification (link) Enjoy! -TurretinFan To God be the Glory!
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John Wesley on "Turretin"
I recently came across this blog post recording John Wesley’s negative reaction to a book called “History of the Church” by “Turretin” (link to post). I had hoped this might be a work by Francis Turretin, but I was disappointed. It was instead a reference to Historiae ecclesiasticae compendium usque ad 1700 by Jean-Alphonse Turretin,…