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Further Response to FreeGrace – Exegesis Defended Against Assertion
FreeGrace has provided some further comments, which I will respond to below. FreeGrace: “Your comment that the “all” fits perfectly with “all kinds” surprises me. I thought you had more academic training than to think that. If you want the “all” to mean only “all kinds of”, then Paul isn’t really saying that everyone in…
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Waltz on Luther – "articulus stantis vel cadentis ecclesiae"
David Waltz, a Catholic (I think), poster with whom I’ve crossed swords a few times, has posted a recent blog article in which he identifies a quotation that he believes has been misattributed to Martin Luther. (link to post) First of all, thanks to David for his post. It is always good to clear the…
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Discussion on Justification
I stumbled across this interesting sampler on Justification, including a citationless quotation allegedly from the real Francis Turretin (link). I couldn’t deduce from the post whether it was a Vox Populi original amalgamation, or whether it was a repost of something Steve Camp made. -Turretinfan To God be the Glory!
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Misconceptions about Roman Catholicism: Works Salvation
This post is intended to be part of series on misconceptions about Roman Catholicism. In this post, we address the issue of works salvation. Roman Catholicism, according to the Reformation, teaches works salvation. What we do not mean: 1) We do not mean that Roman Catholicism teaches that man unassisted by grace merits salvation.2) We…
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The real Turretin on: Imputation vs. Infusion
Turretin, on the topic of whether Justification is by imputation or infusion writes: “Unde colligitur vocem hanc esse forensem quae non est intelligenda physice de infusione justitiae sed judicialiter et relative de gratuita acceptione in judicio dei.” Turretin’s Works, Edinburgh edit., vol. ii., p. 570. Which, being interpreted is: “Whence it may be inferred that…
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Monergism vs. Synergism Discussion
In the video below, Dr. James White discusses monergist salvation with a synergist. http://www.youtube.com/v/iZYKJPfSXAY&rel=1 I mostly agree with Dr. White’s answers. However, as to the answer regarding the burning house, I’d have something else to say. The analogy about the burning house is inaccurate, because the synergist does not assert that total passivity is the…
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Predestination Briefly Explained
There’s an interesting explanation of the word Predestination over at Puritanism Today (link). It’s the seventh part of a series there. See the intro. The other Bible words discussed in the series include Redemption, Justification, Faith, Repentance, Sanctification, and Salvation. To God be the Glory!
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Did Trent Embrace Sola Gratia?
In the session on Justification, Trent writes:CANON IV.-If any one saith, that man’s free will moved and excited by God, by assenting to God exciting and calling, nowise co-operates towards disposing and preparing itself for obtaining the grace of Justification; that it cannot refuse its consent, if it would, but that, as something inanimate, it…
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Baptismal Salvation
I recently received this peice of fan mail: You’re a sock puppet of Satan. That’s why you baptize babies to send them to hell to burn for all eternity. They grow up duped into thinking they’re already Christians and already saved just because Satan’s minister sprinkled his putrid devil water on them. You’re going to…
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The Real Turretin: on Justification
GreenBaggins has posted an article that provides a small piece of Turretin’s writings on Justification (link). The article complains about the lack of free availability of Turretin in electronic form. It’s worth noting that Turretin’s magnum opus is freely available (link), but there is a catch: it’s in the original Latin. For more (in English)…