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Category: Limited Atonement

  • Atonement Category Error

    I am sure he means well, but Panta Dokimazete gives a less than ideal title to this post (link). The less than ideal title is “Unlimited/Limited Atonement.” The post correctly states the death of Christ has a general benefit for all mankind, in that it incidentally prevents their immediate destruction. However, the term “Unlimited/Limited Atonement”…

  • Calvin and Limited Atonement – Impetration Argument

    Calvin never heard of the acronym “TULIP” and never argued with an Arminian. The Arminian controversy and the “five points of Calvinism” that were presented by the Reformed folks against the Arminians came after Calvin’s death. After (and perhaps because of) the Arminian controversy, there arose a smaller controversy between the Calvinists and the Amyraldians.…

  • Augustine on 1 John 2:2 and "Whole World"

    The fact that Augustine taught limited atonement is something that we occasionally hear disputed. Thus, from time to time, it is helpful to see what Augustine said about one of the key verses in that discussion, 1 John 2:2. Here are two places (the only two that have come to my attention) where Augustine address…

  • Augustine Distinguishing All in Adam from All in Christ

    I came across the following quotation and thought I’d share it: Since you do not wish to understand the “many” he said later as meaning the “all” he said first, you declare he said “many” to keep us from thinking he meant “all”. You could do likewise about the seed of Abraham to whom all…

  • Staupitz on Limited Atonement

    Johann von Staupitz (lived about A.D. 1460 – December 28, 1524) was Vicar-General of the Augustinian Order in Germany. He was also the dean of the theology faculty at the University of Wittenberg. Eventually, he joined the Benedictines and became Abbot of St. Peter’s in Salzburg. He was the one who famously heard Luther’s six-hour…

  • Some Church Fathers on the Atonement

    The following is a list of several patristic quotations (previously posted here) that relate to the topic of the atonement. Some affirm limited atonement, some are simply germane to the topic of the atonement without necessarily affirming limited atonement. Ambrose (c. 339-97): Although Christ suffered for all, yet He suffered for us particularly, because He…

  • Limited Atonement – Respone to Albrecht

    Mr. Albrecht has posted a video titled: “the CHURCH FATHERS and LIMITED ATONEMENT-refuting a Reformed View” (formatting is original) (link). This video is a response from Mr. Albrecht to an earlier video I had made responding to the Youtuber “OneTrueChurch”. My video response is below, if one simply scrolls down. Mr. Albrecht criticizes my video…

  • Limited Atonement – Response to OneTrueChurch

    In the following video, I respond to a video from “OneTrueChurch” on the topic of Calvinism and Limited Atonement (link). OneTrueChurch calls (in the title of his video) Calvinism a “Heresy” although he does not explain why he thinks that, and picks on Limited Atonement as key to the whole issue of Calvinism (much to…

  • From the Bunkers Beneath Liberty University – Limited Atonement and the Free Offer

    As you may be aware, there is a secret Calvinist production studio hidden deep below Liberty University, where no one would think to look. From that production studio, one of our volunteers has presented a selection from John Murray on the doctrine of Limited Atonement and its interaction with the Free Offer of the Gospel.…

  • The Real Turretin on: The Absurdities of Universal Atonement

    Moses Cho at No Mo’ Condemnation has a nice quotation from the real Francis Turretin on the absurdities of any doctrine of universal atonement (link). Turretin addresses not only the errors of Arminianism, but also those Amyraldianism with this short identification of four absurdities. To God be the Glory!