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Category: Francis Turretin

  • >The Real Turretin on: Via Media (In Spanish!)

    >Mr. Matthew Lankford has recently directed me to a post at the Reflexion Latina Reformada blog, where the blogger has provided some commentary on Francis Turretin and the Via Media, the “Middle Way” that is Reformed Theology (link). The post is in Spanish, although a Google translation may be found here (link). Enjoy! -TurretinFan To…

  • The real Turretin on: The Self-Authentication of Scripture

    Mark Koller at Daily Reformation, has provided a concise but meaty quotation from the real Francis Turretin on the self-authenticating property of Holy Scripture (link). Every world view has some presupposition – ours is Scripture. -TurretinFan To God be the Glory!

  • The Real Turretin on: The Three-Fold Office of Christ

    Los at Already and Not Yet, has provided a short but concise explanation from the real Turretin on the three-fold office of Christ and its relation to the three-fold misery of man (link). -TurretinFan To God be the Glory!

  • The Real Turretin on: Sacraments and the True Church

    Kyle Borg at Synod of Saints has an interesting post on the importance of the sacraments. It particularly caught my eye because (though he omits Turretin’s icon from his synod of saints) he leads with a quotation from the real Turretin on the sacraments and the true church. (link) Enjoy! -TurretinFan To God be the…

  • The real Turretin on: the Atonement

    In a post that, like the last one I just linked to, I cannot fully endorse, Dr. James Galyon provides an interesting discussion of (and commentary on) the historic Reformed position of the atonement in contrast to the multi-intention view (source). -TurretinFan To God be the Glory!

  • The real Turretin on: Omniscience

    Jason Barnhart (link) has an interesting post in which he argues that three aspects of the Reformed view of God’s omniscience are actually a pagan inheretance. I don’t endorse his post, and if I had more time, I’d consider addressing his thesis. -TurretinFan To God be the Glory!

  • The Real Turretin on: The Righteousness of Christ

    Richard Smith, at The Spurgeon Blog has provided an interesting post in which he considers what the real Turretin had to say about the Righteousness of Christ (link). Turretin’s perspective here is quite informative as he Biblically contrasts Christ and our faith in Christ. -TurretinFan To God be the Glory!

  • The Real Turretin on: The Use of Faith in Justification

    Richard Smith, at The Spurgeon Blog has provided an interesting post in which he considers what the real Turretin had to say about the use of faith in justification (link). Specifically Turretin provides “proof that the act of believing is not our righteousness.” -TurretinFan To God be the Glory!

  • The Real Turretin on: The Romanist View of Faith

    Richard Smith, at The Spurgeon Blog has provided an interesting post in which he considers what the real Turretin had to say about the “Roman Catholic” (Turretin uses the term “Romanist” rather than “Roman Catholic”) view of faith (link). -TurretinFan To God be the Glory!

  • The real Turretin on: The Faith That Saves

    Richard Smith at the Spurgeon Blog has provided another delightful post on the topic of sola fide and what is meant by that term in Reformation theology (link). This is a very important topic, and an area that differentiates Reformed theology not only from Romanism and Socinianism but also from much of modern Arminianism, which…